Brian Redd was sworn in as Salt Lake City's new police chief Tuesday night, minutes after the City Council approved his nomination made by Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall last month. It also came before he began his first shift at 6 a.m. on Wednesday.

Brian Redd was sworn in as the new police chief of Salt Lake City on Tuesday night after the city council voted to approve his appointment.

Before they were identified by their own department as encouraging a rookie to cut into a homeless man’s body, two Salt Lake City police officers were sued in other cases.

Salt Lake City Police Department (SLCPD) officers were disciplined for using a utility knife on a deceased homeless man’s body. Six of the seven SLCPD employees who faced disciplinary action for the August 2024 incident have since returned to work.

As the mayor's choice for the new Salt Lake City police chief awaits approval, state lawmakers ramp up pressure to fight homelessness.

The Salt Lake City Council will vote on Brian Redd's appointment as Salt Lake City police chief Tuesday night.

Mayor Erin Mendenhall presented her office’s public safety plan to tackle crime in Salt Lake City in January ... Mendenhall recommended a new police chief, Brian Redd, who’s served as the Utah Department of Corrections executive director for nearly ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Police are responding to a situation involving a barricaded man in the area of 400 South 1200 West Friday morning. Police said he may be armed. The Salt Lake Police Department said its SWAT team was on the scene.

One Utah lawmaker has introduced a bill that could pave the way for splitting Utah's largest county, but only if enough cities band together to set out on their own.

Kim Shelley, who recently stepped down as director of the Utah Department of Environmental Quality, is now in line to oversee public lands in the state's capital city.