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Riverton City residents have enjoyed a wonderful relationship with the Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Office for more than 25 years. The Sheriff’s Office has served as the City’s Police Department since 1980. During this tenure its leadership and supervision shared responsibilities with the entire Southwest area in an effort to save some additional costs. But Riverton has grown tremendously over the years and the recent surge of growth required more strategic staffing. Riverton City became a stand alone Precinct in August of 2007. Additional deputies were added over the next six months and the Precinct is currently staffed at 28 full time employees, a School Resource officer at Riverton High School and a DARE Officer for the elementary schools. Perhaps the most significant change is in having its own supervisors dedicated to Riverton to manage operations. One of our major objectives is to build a model that is responsive to Riverton’s specific needs and to truly provide all the same service that self providing might have offered but with more resources and greater expertise at a better cost. With the additional staffing we will be able to be more involved at the community level in problem solving and other priority issues such as juvenile drug and alcohol problems. We are also working with City staff to coordinate and improve traffic safety efforts in our neighborhoods and on our thoroughfares. We are working to build neighborhood networks through programs such as Neighborhood Watch, Lady Beware, Bicycle Safety & Rodeos, Citizen Police Academies, Stranger Danger, Internet Safety, Workplace Safety, and Business Alliances to name a few. If you are interested in receiving any of these programs or would like to participate in volunteer efforts, please contact us at the Precinct Headquarters located at 1274 West 12700 South, phone 254-0167.