Salt Lake City Reports 'Progress' in Improving Public Safety, but Violent Crime Is Up

SLC says its public safety plan is working despite rising violent crime and ‘broken system’

Salt Lake City says its new approach to public safety is working, but the system is "broken."

Salt Lake City reports 'progress' in improving public safety, but violent crime is up

Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall says the city has made

With public safety update, ‘disappointed’ SLC mayor asks state to take city requests more seriously • Utah News Dispatch

Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall provides a public safety plan update at a news conference in front of City Hall on July 16, 2025. (Alixel Cabrera/Utah News Dispatch) Six months after Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall presented a public safety plan in response to demands from state leaders, she gave an update on the plan’s progress on Wednesday, saying crime has gone down and the city has implemented community-based approaches to improve …

Mayor Mendenhall, Chief Redd release six-month update on Public Safety Plan

Twelve of 27 City-led actions now complete and ongoing; progress highlighted in newly published report July 16, 2025 Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall and Salt Lake City Police Department Chief Brian Redd provided a six-month update on the City’s Public Safety Plan, outlining major milestones reached and reaffirming the City’s commitment to long-term safety and systemic change. “We are not letting a broken system prevent us from fixing the pi…