SALT LAKE CITY ( ABC4 ) — Salt Lake City has a question for residents visiting west side city parks: Do you feel safe? To help answer that, the City Council is looking at hiring private security guards for five west side parks.
Under this plan, the city would pay $59,000 for the additional guards at Jordan Park, the International Peace Gardens, Cottonwood Park, Riverside Park and Glendale. Security would patrol these parks and make sure people are not inside after sunset. West side council member Alejandro Puy says the idea is to help stop drug activity at these parks.
“A drug crisis that is reflected in our parks and open space. So, we need to start taking measures to ensure that the open space is open for everyone,” Puy said…