SALT LAKE CITY The Salt Lake City Police Department is looking to add more officers after dozens have exited in the past year.
According to SLCPD Chief Mike Brown, at least 45 officers have either resigned or retired during that stretch. As a result, they re currently understaffed in a number of areas. What we re trying to do is hire more officers, explained Chief Brown. We re trying to hire not only lateral officers, but we re trying to hire a new class.
Recently returning from a nationwide conference of police chiefs, Brown says the issue is not unique to Salt Lake City. It s not just something that s happening here in Salt Lake City, this is happening across our country, he said.
SALT LAKE CITY When police discovered the body of missing Kearns woman Nicole Solorio-Romero, they did not announce the discovery to local media outlets. At least, not immediately.
KSL TV reported that Solorio-Romero s remains were found on March 26, but that information wasn t released to the public or to the media until April 2.
When asked on KSL Newsradio s Dave & Dujanovic show why police stayed quiet with the information, longtime Salt Lake City lawyer Greg Skordas said that police have to follow specific protocol after finding a body. First of all, they would have to identify the body and make sure that in fact, it was the body of this deceased woman. And, have the medical examiner do their examination to make sure of that, Skordas said.