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 safety.
But tensions between Utah’s capital and the state government remain, as Mendenhall says that the city’s requests for resources failed during the 2025 legislative session…