It is sad that an innocent little girl had to die for the city to realize the need for more protection. Hopefully they will get the area cleaned up.

Hopefully this will be a consistent and sustained effort. Been talked about in the past, only to be followed by a "re-direction" of efforts to more affluent, higher tax producing areas of the city.

Start thecleanup by deporting all the illegals, then go from there.

I think these police saturations should be a monthly thing in all areas. Especially those like Glendale. My neice lives in Rose Park and though it isn't as bad, I've heard a lot of stories from her about gangs and such.

....that this isn't in response to the shooting death. It's more in response to the actions of several families who seem to think it's their right to dish out their own justice.

Of course, people also are under a false sense that police in Salt Lake spend more time in the "higher tax" producing areas of Salt Lake, an assumption which couldn't be further from the truth.

One needs to look no further than manpower placement to see that the west side has more officers assigned to it than the east side. Talk to an east side officer and find out where they spend their time....it's not the high aves, federal heights or high east side, that's for sure.

Part of the problem is the public...they don't understand what really goes on. If the public would get involved, find out what police face, and what they need, perception would change greatly....but most people don't want to see what really goes on...they'd rather live in their bubble.

The Police can only do so much. We need to step up and help them out in weeding out these gang thugs in our communities and neighborhoods. Lets double the Neighborhood Watch and convince parents to accept responsibilities if any of their teens are involved in gangs.

Lets do it people. It's time to take back our neighborhoods and "Take a bite out of crime."

Just had a little kid shot in his own yard in Tucson--I think he was 8. Another ganger. And in the same sort of neighborhood as this one.
As long as the residents participate in crime, justify crime, or allow crime from their homes and in their neighborhoods, this will continue.
We need a cultural change in this nation! I've turned into one of those old people who remember the "good old days" that I thought were so stupid when I was young. But I remember before the gangs--parents, police, the courts, and society as a whole, had a different moral outlook and this sort of behavior hardly existed. With our modern, do your own thing, it's all good, whatever you feel or believe is right and we must NEVER EVER be judgmental or take a stand on any issue, behaviors that used to be extremely rare are not only tolerated but accepted by large segments of our populace. And here's an example of the results.

We need to take back our neighborhoods, our towns and cities, and our nation! Some things really are wrong and shooting innocent people is one of them!

I think that those who want to clean up the area would be willing to have control by keeping people from being out on the streets at night. This does not solve the problem, but have a fine for those who break curfew. Last year a 12 year old boy killed a 13 year old girl, from an argument they had late the night before. Why do parents permit these young children to be out at very late hours? Maybe the parents need to be trained how to raise their children. I can tell you, if I knew there was a lot of late night outside activity in an area, I would not go near that area. There was a time when I was young, back in the early 70's and when I was out late, I was getting into mischief, but things were more tame then, we TP'd and dragged state street and went out late to eat. The one thing I loved doing outside late at night, playing games, we played "murder", that was only done with a wink around a circle with a candle so you could see if you were murdered, I loved that game.