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Becker joins anti-gang forum in D.C.

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Published Aug. 24, 2009 at 6:18 p.m.

Washington » Salt Lake City doesn't face the sort of gang violence that riddles other major cities, but to avoid a similar fate, Utah's capital must continue striving to prevent the problem in the first place, Mayor Ralph Becker said after leaving a White House conference on combating crime ...

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Police looking for vehicles possibly connected to shooting

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Published Aug. 1, 2009 at 12:16 p.m.

Salt Lake City police say they have a few leads in a shooting that happened near 1400 West and 1300 South last weekend. Officers now have a description of two vehicles seen in the area at the time the crime occurred ...

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Police arrest grass-napping robbery suspect

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Published July 31, 2009 at 11:11 a.m.

Salt Lake City police arrested a woman in connection with robbing a laundromat after a witness to the crime spotted her taking a nap in the grass on Thursday ...

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Police to track gang crime differently

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Published May 20, 2009 at 8:57 a.m.

Salt Lake City police have redefined what they will consider to be gang-involved crime -- a move that coincides with research on three years worth of crime to determine how many gangsters are breaking the law ...

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Salt Lake police try new tactics to head off crime

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Published May 9, 2009 at 10:13 p.m.

Salt Lake City police Officer Cordon Parks kept knocking on the door until the man inside answered ... "What do you want? I ain't breaking no law!" the man shouted when he came outside his house near 1000 East and 1700 South ...

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Sex sting nets more than 60 arrests

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Published April 21, 2009 at 7:08 p.m.

Saying prostitution is not a victimless crime, Salt Lake City police on Tuesday announced the arrests of 62 people in its latest sting ... The arrests last week included 42 Johns and 20 prostitutes, the department said ...

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