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Chief Redd updates council on Connect program, crime trends and proposed real-time crime center
Summary
Chief Redd briefed the council on the mayor’s public-safety plan, reporting a 28.4% reduction in arrests among the city’s top 50 high-utilizer individuals since the Connect interventions began, described heat‑map–driven responses, and outlined plans for a real‑time crime center (cameras, LPRs and limited drone use) with policy safeguards and privacy review.
Salt Lake City’s police leadership updated the council on progress implementing the public-safety plan and the city’s Connect program Dec. 9, reporting measurable reductions for a small group of high‑utilizer individuals while previewing a proposed real‑time crime center and policy safeguards for surveillance tools.
Chief Redd said the Connect program focuses social‑worker resources on the roughly 50 individuals who have the most frequent interactions with city responders, with partners including the Road Home and mental‑health providers. "Since we started…
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