This is not ‘real collaboration’ — SLC Mayor Mendenhall pushes back against state lawmakers over policing bill
In her first remarks since parting with her police chief, she says the city is eager to partner with state cops on homelessness and drugs, but says threatening to cut funding isn’t the way to do it.
(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall, appearing on Capitol Hill on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, says HB465 is not the right approach to build a partnership policing between the city and the state.