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Salt Lake City Council closes grant hearing after residents oppose surveillance funding; items B1–B5 sent to consent agenda
Summary
After hours of public comment driven by privacy and immigration concerns, the council closed a hearing on five grant applications (B1–B5) and referred them to a future consent agenda. Speakers repeatedly urged rejection of B1, which commenters linked to automated license plate readers and federal policing.
The Salt Lake City Council on Jan. 13 closed a public hearing on five grant applications after an extended public-comment period in which residents urged the council to reject any grants tied to surveillance technology or federal immigration enforcement.
Austin Kimel, a council policy analyst, had introduced the grants (items B1–B5), describing them collectively as applications the city had submitted to fund local programs. He said the applications included an Office of Justice Programs community-based violence intervention and prevention grant that — if approved — would fund two full-time analysts for the real-time crime center, travel, training, equipment and…
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