SALT LAKE CITY ( ABC4 ) — Brian Redd was sworn in as the new Chief of Police for the Salt Lake City Police Department on March 4. He spoke one-on-one with ABC4’s Jordan Tracy about his new role and the future of public safety in the city.
Redd was recommended by Mayor Erin Mendenhall soon after she released her public safety plan — a plan that Redd will play a large role in helping implement.
“I was aware the public safety plan was being built and actually had some conversations on our part in the Department of Corrections of that when Salt Lake City was reaching out on that,” Redd said. “So, I was familiar with the plan, and of course, when I talked with the mayor about this position, that public safety plan came up. I fully support it.”
Brian Redd sworn in as new chief of police
The plan was developed when state lawmakers wrote a letter to the city asking for a plan, or else the state would get more involved. In that letter, they criticized SLCPD and Ex-Chief Mike Brown , saying they weren’t doing enough…