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Salt Lake City's arrests and citations have risen significantly in 2025, Police Chief Brian Redd reports.

Despite a drop in total crime, violent crimes like rape and robbery have increased compared to the three-year average.

A new state-city policing agreement took effect June 30 at the behest of lawmakers who want to see the city take a harder line.

SALT LAKE CITY — Arrests and citations are up "significantly" in Salt Lake City so far in 2025, the capital city's chief of police told state lawmakers on Wednesday.

Chief Brian Redd, who was sworn in earlier this year, spoke to the Legislature's Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Interim Committee just over a month after his department entered into a joint policing agreement with the state at the behest of lawmakers who

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