SLCPD Conducts Multi-Jurisdictional Clean-Up Along Jordan River Trail, Folsom Trail
SALT LAKE CITY —The Salt Lake City Police Department, working with multiple law enforcement agencies, conducted a drug interdiction operation along the Jordan River Trail and Folsom Trail making more than 30 arrests and seizing more than 2,000 fentanyl pills.
The operation occurred on Wednesday, April 17, 2024.
The overall objective of this operation was to identify, locate, and arrest drug dealers, traffickers, and buyers along the Jordan River Trail.
The following agencies participated in the operation:
- Salt Lake City Police Department (SLCPD)
- Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Office (SLCSO)
- Utah Department of Corrections Adult Probation and Parole (AP&P)
- Utah Department of Public Safety (DPS)
- Utah Highway Patrol (UHP)
- Utah State Bureau of Investigation (SBI)
- Utah Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
In October 2023, the Salt Lake City Police Department’s Pioneer Patrol Division began increased enforcement along the Jordan River Trail and in communities along the trail to address and prevent criminal activity.
SLCPD officers conduct daily patrols along the Jordan River Trail to disrupt criminal activity.
Recognizing the issues required a multi-disciplinary approach, the SLCPD began coordinating with city, regional, and state agencies to address the community concerns along the Jordan River Trail.
Weekly strategy meetings with law enforcement and other stakeholders continue.
Future law enforcement operations are expected.
The following Salt Lake City Police Department assets participated:
- SLCPD Central Bike Squad
- SLCPD Intelligence Center
- SLCPD Liberty Bike Squad
- SLCPD Pioneer Bike Squad
- SLCPD Pioneer Patrol Division
- SLCPD Public Relations Unit
Law enforcement booked 28 arrestees into the Salt Lake County Metro Jail on drug-related charges, warrants, and probation violations.
For additional information on the individuals arrested, including charges and age, please refer to Utah Courts Xchange.
Charges are only allegations, and every arrested person is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
The Salt Lake City Police Department is not the custodian of record for jail booking photos. Utah Code 17-22-30 mostly prohibits the release of jail booking photos. Generally, a jail booking photo can only be released by the custodian of record after a conviction or when law enforcement determines the person is a fugitive or an imminent threat to a person or public safety. In Salt Lake City, the Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Office is the custodian of record for jail booking photos.
Several photos are also being released.
Media may use the photos with credit to the Salt Lake City Police Department.
Photo: A Salt Lake City police officer searches a man for weapons before arresting him as part of a drug investigation (SLCPD photo – April 17, 2024).
Photo: A Utah Highway Patrol trooper and a State Bureau of Investigation agent assist Salt Lake City police on a traffic stop near 1000 West 200 South (SLCPD photo – April 17, 2024).
Photo: A law enforcement officer holds a baggie of blue fentanyl pills (SLCPD photo – April 17, 2024).
Photo: A woman in handcuffs after being arrested by Salt Lake City police stop her following a drug deal (Salt Lake City photo – April 17, 2024).
Photo: A Salt Lake City police captain searches a woman following an arrest for drug possession along the Jordan River Trail (SLCPD photo – April 17, 2024).
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