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Salt Lake police detective Greg Wilking demonstrates a new less-lethal shotgun at the Salt Lake City Police Airport Training Facility in Salt Lake City on April 12, 2021. According to a new Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll, 82% of Utahns trust their local police department either “mostly” or “completely.”
Annie Barker, Deseret News
The fact Utahns trust their local police did not shock anyone — not from law enforcement leaders who say the 82% support seen in polling affirms strong confidence residents have in their communities’ policing, nor to police reform advocates, who say the poll does not capture hard-to-reach populations that tend to be more distrustful of officers.