Brian Redd still remembers the “unacceptable” scene he came across when he toured the Jordan River shortly after he was sworn in as Salt Lake City’s new police chief in March.
“We had children walking through drug deals. (There were) needles and all kinds of things going on,” he said, recalling that trip several months later. “It had gone past homelessness to a very criminogenic location.”
However, he says the data shows how things are starting to change…