- Salt Lake City police and prosecutors are implementing a new strategy targeting 114 individuals most likely to be involved in violent crime based on past behavior.
Police and prosecutors in Salt Lake City announced Thursday they are trying a new strategy to tackle violent crime: keeping a laser focus on 114 people they see as most likely to be involved in violence, based on past behavior.
To identify the group’s members, the city investigated three years of its own data and pinpointed those arrested most often for serious crimes, including shootings and assaults.
They came up with a list of 114 names and, working with the Salt Lake District Attorney’s Office, sent letters to those people in February with a warning: authorities are keeping a close eye on them and will react to any new offenses with “a focused and accelerated law enforcement response.”…