2022 Message from the Chief

In 2022, we continued to see growth in our city as we move forward from the Pandemic. Our total police incidents did not increase from 2021 but we’re up about 6,000 incidents from 2020 during the height of the Pandemic. However, with the development of the west side of the city, the proposed annexation of over 2,000 acres, and the economic development including the new baseball stadium for the Bees baseball team, we can expect additional calls for service for the foreseeable future.

The police department will do its best to ensure we are prepared to respond to the challenges that will surely come our way. We will work hard to develop our relationship with you, our residents, in the safety and protection of you and your family. What can you do to support our efforts? First, please help us by following the 4S Pledge for a Safer South Jordan. This traffic safety program is educational. The four “S’s” are, Slow down, Stop completely at all stop signs and stop lights, Stay off your phone, and wear your Seatbelt. If we would do that consistently as a city, we would have a safer community and I could reassign resources currently dedicated to these problems. Second, please secure valuables in your vehicles and keep anything worth stealing out of sight. Remember to lock your car, about half of our vehicle burglaries are unlocked cars.

Jeff Carr Chief of Police

By way of programs, we started our 10-10-10 program to target speeding problems in various areas of the city. The program means that we target 10 areas at least 10 times over 10 weeks. We publish those areas so residents know where we are seeing problems and complaints in hopes of gaining voluntary compliance. We have also allowed our residents to nominate areas of concern through social media. It is so important that you, our residents, are part of the solution. Additionally, I would encourage all residents to talk to their neighbors and contact us about a Neighborhood Watch. In today’s world, we need to be better connected as neighborhoods and communities for a variety of reasons, but certainly to support each other in reducing and preventing crime.

Lastly, looking forward to 2023, we hope to engage our residents more by increasing the number of public forums where we can positively interact with you, answer questions, and create stronger partnerships. The police department is lucky to have such an engaged and supportive community and we look forward to providing you the best in police services. We try to live our mission statement that reads, “We provide professional police services, through engaged community partnerships, consistent with the values of South Jordan City.”

It is an honor and a pleasure to serve as your police chief and I hope if you have any questions or concerns, you will not hesitate to reach out.

Jeff Carr, Police Chief

South Jordan was primarily a rural farming community when it became incorporated as a town in 1935. In 1960 the population was 1,354 and by 1970 the population had more than doubled to 2,942. Housing gradually started to replace farmland as the population once again more than doubled by 1980 to 7,492. Then in 1990 it nearly doubled again to 13,106. The 2021 population was 79,200. This type of growth brings many kinds of challenges and opportunities. South Jordan is committed to preserving the natural beauty of this area.

Mission Statement

Provide professional police services through engaged community partnerships consistent with the values of South Jordan City.

Police Department Values

Character

Acting with Integrity, Fairness, and Compassion, Holding Ourselves Accountable for our Actions.

Competence

Promoting Education and Training, Learning from Experiences, Using our Intelligence to Solve Problems, and Turning Knowledge into Wisdom.

Trust

Building Trust with Community and Each Other, Ensuring our Words Align with our Actions.

Transparency

Openness with the Community and Each Other, Understanding that our Authority Comes from the Public We Serve.