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South Salt Lake police chief seeks raises to aid recruitment and maintain wellness services
Summary
Chief Croyal presented a brief budget request on April 2 asking the council to consider pay increases to retain and recruit officers and to fund ongoing wellness services, and said vehicle rotation and Community Review Board recommendations have been incorporated into the fleet plan.
On April 2, 2025, South Salt Lake Police Chief Croyal told the City Council during a work meeting that recruitment and retention are the department’s top budget priorities and requested pay increases for sworn officers and professional support staff.
Croyal described the department as having 78 sworn officers, 18 professional support staff and about 17–18 crossing guards, and said the department has undergone multiple audits in the past year and addressed auditors’ concerns. She asked the council to consider a 4% raise for sworn officers and a 3% raise for professional support staff to help recruitment and retention.
The chief also reported the department had implemented vehicle recommendations from the civilian review board (CRB) and incorporated vehicle changes into a five-year rotation plan. On officer wellness, Croyal said the department previously secured a state grant to fund services from the Partridge Group to support psychological check-ins, peer support training and background screening; that grant is not available this year and the department would like ongoing funding to continue the program.
“We were able to procure a grant through the state that helped us do check ins… the Partridge Group. They do our psychological backgrounds…and they also help us with check ins for any of the officers,” Croyal said, describing the wellness services and the department’s desire to continue them absent grant funding.
Council members asked whether CRB recommendations on vehicles had been implemented; Croyal said those changes had already been incorporated into the vehicle rotation and budget.
No formal vote or budget appropriation occurred at the work meeting; the presentation was a five-minute briefing and council members were invited to submit follow-up questions.
Details included the requested raise levels (4% sworn, 3% professional support), department staffing counts, and a description of the wellness contract with the Partridge Group.
