Salt Lake City police want more cash to enforce crackdown on homeless camps

Police have made dozens of felony arrests and written more than 150 tickets.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Members of the Salt Lake City Police Department stand by as people camping along 500 West pack up their belongings before the city's Rapid Intervention Team moves in to clean the area, Feb. 2, 2023. Police want more funding to enforce a clampdown on illegal camps.

Salt Lake City police want more cash to enforce crackdown on homeless camps

Police have made dozens of felony arrests and written more than 150 tickets.

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