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March 13, 2013 • By Cimaron Neugebauer The Salt Lake Tribune
Man's best friend may be a dog — but for public safety departments, one that comes with cash is even better.
For example, meet Meatball. He's the ninth and newest four-legged addition to the Utah County Sheriff's office K-9 unit — ... Full Story
March 25, 2013 • By Janelle Stecklein | The Salt Lake Tribune
It was hard to say who was more brazen — the hooker or the john.
Most men patronizing prostitutes on a recent weekday avoided the group chatting in front of a business between 1300 and 1700 South on Salt Lake City's State Street.
But not this g... Full Story
April 5, 2013 • The Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake City police on Thursday conducted a prostitution sting on State Street.
KUTV took pool video of the operation and disseminated it to media outlets as part of an agreement with the police department. A police press release says five men and... Full Story
April 15, 2013 • By Christopher Smart And Christopher Kamrani The Salt Lake Tribune
The Salt Lake City Marathon will go on.
But law enforcement officials are taking nothing for granted during Saturday's race in the wake of Monday's deadly bombings at the finish line of the Boston Marathon.
At a Monday afternoon news confe... Full Story
April 16, 2013 • The Salt Lake Tribune
A common piece of good advice in the wake of tragedies such as Monday's attack on the Boston Marathon, borrowed from the stiff-upper-lip blokes who survived the Battle of Britain, is to "Keep calm and carry on."
And it just so happens that, in ... Full Story
April 17, 2013 • By Bob Mims The Salt Lake Tribune
Police are cracking down on criminal activity within an area downtown of Salt Lake City frequented by the homeless after receiving numerous complaints from residents and businesses.
The "order maintenance" operation this week — in effect, a surge o... Full Story
April 18, 2013 • By Michael Mcfall The Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank says that a number of his officers will soon be wearing body cameras that will record everything they see.
Burbank revealed this week at a Civilian Review Board meeting that the department is close to deploy... Full Story
April 19, 2013 • By Michael Mcfall And Christopher Kamrani The Salt Lake Tribune
The Utah National Guard will watch for unconventional weapons at the Salt Lake City Marathon, whose organizers are asking spectators to leave backpacks at home.
Twenty members of the 85th Civil Support Team — hazardous-materials specialists — wi... Full Story
April 19, 2013 • By George Pyle The Salt Lake Tribune
America in general, and Utah in particular, will never have the kind of firearms regulations that civilized societies take for granted because of our not totally unreasonable fear that such rules would be enforced by the West Valley City Police Depar... Full Story
April 21, 2013 • By Brian Maffly The Salt Lake Tribune
As the knot of runners clad in the yellow jerseys of the 2013 Boston Marathon entered Liberty Park, the cheers got louder and spectators slapped high fives with racers before a moment of silence descended on the finish line of the Salt Lake City Mara... Full Story
April 21, 2013 • By Christopher Kamrani The Salt Lake Tribune
The rain continually poured as helicopters swirled overhead. Utah Army National Guard members paced around the finish line, some with canine companions, scanning the finish-line crowd at Liberty Park.
The images of the chaos in Boston couldn't ... Full Story
April 22, 2013 • By Paul Rolly The Salt Lake Tribune
When an 18-year-old Alta High senior attended voluntary study hall after school last month, then headed home for dinner with his family, he ended up spending the night in the Salt Lake County Jail while his parents had no idea where he was.
He was a... Full Story
April 23, 2013 • By Kimball Bennion The Salt Lake Tribune
A group of police chiefs from across the United States, including Salt Lake City's top cop, issued a statement Tuesday condemning the U.S. Senate's vote last week rejecting a series of gun control amendments, including one requiring backgro... Full Story
April 24, 2013 • Out of Context by Tribune Political Reporters
Axelrod to join Romney event. GOP targets Clinton over Benghazi. AP's Twitter hack.
Happy Wednesday. David Axelrod, the mastermind behind President Barack Obama's re-election, will join the candidate he defeated, Mitt Romney, for a retreat ... Full Story
April 25, 2013 • The Salt Lake Tribune
Taping the evidence • Police officers are often called heroes, and for good reasons. But, although they tend to be brave and unselfish individuals, officers are still human, not superheroes, and that means they can't see and remember everything.... Full Story
April 26, 2013 • By Paul Rolly Tribune Columnist
Murray Mayor Dan Snarr believes if the neighboring city to the north put more revenue eggs in the budget basket, like his city does, it wouldn't have to rely so much on traffic and parking ticket fines.
And it wouldn't have to try so hard ... Full Story
April 26, 2013 • By George Pyle The Salt Lake Tribune
People ask me questions about what it's like to live in Salt Lake City.
What it's like for someone who didn't grow up around here, isn't a member of the predominant (or any) faith, is known to have a nip of John Barleycorn from ti... Full Story
April 29, 2013 • By Paul Rolly Tribune Columnist
When the Utah County Republican delegates meet for their organizing convention Saturday, they will be faced with the dilemma of forgiving a personal indiscretion and electing as their vice chair a candidate who was arrested for a DUI last November. O... Full Story
April 30, 2013 • The Salt Lake Tribune
Re "U.S. police chiefs, including Salt Lake City's, blast U.S. Senate gun vote" (Tribune, April 24):
What is truly shameful is that the chief of the Salt Lake City Police Department does not even understand the laws he claims to uphold.
Safety... Full Story
May 8, 2013 • By Paul Rolly Tribune Columnist
Murray Mayor Dan Snarr's speeding ticket dispute with Salt Lake City is attracting more interest among politicians than the recent Salt Lake County and Utah County Republican conventions.
Snarr, you may recall, got a ticket while returning from... Full Story
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