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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.
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The Salt Lake City Police Department has acquired 85 "less-lethal shotguns" that can be used in situations like suicide threats or crowd control in a riot.