Community Resource Division

South Salt Lake is home to thousands of residents and businesses, all of which present potential targets for crimes of opportunity.

Residents and business owners can prevent these crimes with the help of the following effective Business and Neighborhood Watch methods.

Business Watch

Most victims of crime do not realize that property crimes, such as burglary and theft, are generally crimes of opportunity. Criminals look for a door that can be easily opened and seek out dark loading docks that are left unattended. These situations make it easy for a criminal to commit these acts without being detected. By prioritizing safety and security, and taking necessary steps to secure your business, you will reduce these crimes of opportunity and the risks to your business, employees and customers. Contact the Business Watch Officer.

Sign up to our mailing list to receive information about upcoming Business Watch meetings.

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design

We utilize concepts and strategies based on Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED). The CPTED approach outlines how proper design and effective use of the environment can lead to the reduction of crime and improvement in the quality of life. A CPTED review involves five overlapping principles. These include Natural Surveillance, Territorial Reinforcement, Natural Access Control, Maintenance, and Target Hardening.

For further information on CPTED principles and to schedule a review of your business, please fill out this form. Our Department would also like to provide you and your employees with the education and knowledge to reduce crime in your area. If you would like to set up a meeting with one of our officers to discuss security and safety for your business and employees, email the Business Watch Officer..

Download a copy of our Crime Prevention for Your Business Using CPTED (PDF) brochure. It includes ways to improve the safety of your employees and your property.

Also available to your business is a "Business Watch" window/door sticker. These stickers make the statement to your customers, employees, the police department, and criminals that you have taken the extra precautions to safeguard your business, and you, along with your neighboring businesses, are partnering to keep an eye out for suspicious and criminal behavior.

For additional assistance preventing crimes at your business, read our Crime Prevention Tips (PDF) document.

Neighborhood Watch

Neighborhood Watch is a great way to get to know your neighbors and to take an active role in the safety and security of your neighborhood. There are currently several established Neighborhood Watch groups throughout the City. To find out if there is a group meeting in your neighborhood, or to start up a new watch group, contact our Neighborhood Watch Officer. To join our monthly Neighborhood Watch meeting on the first Thursday of every month, click the link below! 

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Upcoming Neighborhood Watch Meetings

Sign up to be added to our mailing list to receive information about upcoming Neighborhood Watch meetings. For information on when and where the next Neighborhood Watch meeting is being held, call the Neighborhood Watch Hotline at 801-412-3668.

Download our brochure Crime Prevention for Your Home Using CPTED (PDF). It's full of suggestions on how you can improve the safety of your home through simple design and landscaping modifications.

Property Checks

Request a periodic check of your home, business or vacant property by the South Salt Lake Police Department. Once we have confirmed your request, either by phone or email, your property check will be activated. As calls for service allow, officers will stop by to check your property, either visually as they drive by or physically by walking around the perimeter and checking doors and windows.

Should a problem arise, we will contact you or another responsible party via the contact information provided on your form.

Request a property check.

Crime-Free Rental Housing

As part of our focus on reducing crime in rental housing, we have a Crime Prevention Officer dedicated to working with managers and owners of rentals to prevent and eliminate criminal activity.

Officers are often only able to resolve criminal activity temporarily by making arrests, issuing citations, etc. However the roots of the problems are still occurring, and it is the Crime Prevention Officer's responsibility to identify and solve these problems. The Crime Prevention Officer position allows for a more proactive approach and the ability to get out in the community and interact with the citizens in a positive and friendly manner.

Good Landlord Program

The Good Landlord Program is a rental license incentive program available to landlords throughout South Salt Lake. The program is intended to educate landlords on management strategies to prevent crime, maintain equity and promote compatibility with surrounding neighborhoods. Landlords who participate in the City's Good Landlord Program receive a significant reduction in their annual rental license fees.

Homeless Resource Officers

Our Homeless Resource Officer team specializes and focuses on assisting community members experiencing homelessness within our city. South Salt Lake Homeless Resource Officers are working diligently to fill the gap in services and provide assistance to those in need.  South Salt Lake Police is allotted ten homeless resource officers supervised by one sergeant.  These dedicated officers have attended enhanced crisis intervention training to better serve individuals experiencing crisis in a more effective manner.  These officers work closely with the Huntsman Mental Health Institute, particularly with the Mobile Crisis Outreach Team (MCOT), the Road Home-The Pamela Atkinson  Resource Center staff and personnel and the South Salt Lake Justice Court to provide care to those requiring additional support. 

For Crisis Help you can call 9-8-8 for Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. The 988 Lifeline is a national network of local crisis centers that provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in the United States. They are committed to improving crisis services and advancing suicide prevention by empowering individuals, advancing professional best practices, and building awareness. For Mental Health & Emotional Support 1-833-SPEAKUT (773-2588).   

Please report any nonemergent Homelessness Concerns here.

Safe Parks

In an effort to make visiting the South Salt Lake parks a more enjoyable experience for all, the South Salt Lake Police Department started the Safe Parks project. The aim of this project is to take a proactive approach to reducing criminal activity in our City parks, and to work with the community to gather information about suspicious activity. Local parks are a continual focus of proactive patrols by the police department, but park visitors are also asked to contact dispatch anytime they see any suspicious or criminal activity.

There are signs placed in each park for the Safe Parks Project as a reminder to report anything questionable. The City works to make the environment of our parks less conducive to criminal activity by clearing overgrown vegetation, increasing lighting, and reducing potential hiding spots.

To report suspicious or criminal activity at a park in South Salt Lake, call police dispatch at 801-840-4000.

To report maintenance, lighting or vegetation concerns, call SSL Connect at 801-464-6757.