In Salt Lake City, record spending boosts police budgets. What has Utah’s capital gotten for it?
The state’s proposed 1,300-bed homeless shelter on the west side could raise those costs even higher.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City police work a scene at 700 South and State Street on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025.
Tony covers growth and development issues for The Tribune. He is a former editor and politics reporter and has been with The Tribune since 1991.