Jenny Wilson: Salt Lake County is redesigning a smarter, more effective system for mental health and public safety

For too long, we have relied on the criminal justice system to respond to behavioral health challenges it was never designed to solve.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Salt Lake County "Leifman War Room," an effort to help with homelessness and criminal justice in the county, in Salt Lake City on Thursday, March 26, 2026.

Jenny Wilson: Salt Lake County is redesigning a smarter, more effective system for mental health and public safety

For too long, we have relied on the criminal justice system to respond to behavioral health challenges it was never designed to solve.

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