The Salt Lake County Public Works facility is located 7125 S 600 W in Midvale. The complex houses Public Works Administration, Fleet operations, auto shops, machine shops, electrical shop, sign shop, testing lab and storage for various materials. The complex is open during normal business hours. After-hours and weekends still remain busy for employees with routine activities like garbage pickup and snow removal.

Protective Services provides dual purpose coverage at the complex. Our officers ensure the physical security of the location. The complex is a large area to cover and requires a facility lockup and patrolling often to prevent and respond to criminal activity. When the complex has restricted access, such as weekends, our officers enforce the access control.

The other primary role is as dispatch after-hours related to all Public Works emergency calls. Often that will be mundane reports of a street sign down or pothole problem that need documented and passed on. During the winter and spring, County snow removal calls and flooding issues are a regular occurrence. Calls of that nature are the ones that require officers to dispatch Public Works employees to respond. Phone and radio traffic can become quite challenging during a busy snow storm.

Be it personal interaction with employees at the complex or taking a complaint from a County resident, our priority is professionalism. The complex needs constant monitoring to keep secure. From the rather humorous calls to the critically serious, the callers expect the best information and service the officer can provide.