The public safety plan will increase police presence in high-crime areas downtown, in the Ballpark Neighborhood and the Jordan River area. The plan includes placing security cameras at parks, enforcing park curfews and improving responses to businesses affected by crime.

The future of our city depends on our collective ability to act boldly and decisively, with the conviction that every person we serve — whether housed or unhoused — is worth the effort,” writes Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall in an op-ed.

Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall released a series of recommendations Thursday to help curb homelessness and crime in Utah's capital city. Why it matters: The roughly 50-page public safety plan was spurred by a December letter from state GOP leaders,

Salt Lake City unveiled a new public safety plan to address crime and homelessness. Initiatives would increase the police footprint, target gang activity and enhance affordable housing and emergency shelters. The plan emerged in response to demands from state Republican leaders who say the city is neglecting public safety.

Police are investigating an aggravated assault incident that left one person in critical condition Thursday evening. One person is in custody.

Salt Lake City's mayor says major gaps in homeless services and criminal justice systems must be fixed to solve issues that prompted state leadership concerns about policing.

Salt Lake City Erin Mendenhall released a plan to address homelessness after state leaders demanded one in a letter sent last month.

A 32-year-old man is in the hospital on Thursday morning in critical condition after being shot by Salt Lake City Police officers during an unrelated traffic stop.

A man in the ballpark neighborhood of Salt Lake City has been hospitalized in critical condition following an aggravated assault on Thursday night.

Police confirm the suspect shot by Salt Lake City officers Thursday has passed away. An officer also received injury consistent with a sharp-edged object.

Officers with the Salt Lake City Police Department safely arrested a 30-year-old man who is accused of robbing a bank in the Rose Park neighbor

Two suspects detained, one sought after a police chase in Salt Lake City involving a stolen vehicle linked to an assault.