Not to bring up a sore subject, but…
…every time I’ve been to Trolley Square — every time — there have been police cars in the parking lot. Not only on weekends but also on weekdays. Ditto for scattered businesses around Trolley Square. Yet for some reason, it took the SLC police 3 minutes to get to the mall Monday night.
Salt Lake City isn’t Washington, D.C., or Seattle, or San Francisco. The best way I can describe it is “a small town with a few big buildings in it.” With lights and sirens going, a cop could probably get from one side of downtown to the other, turn around, and come most of the way back in the time it took the SLC police to respond to the shooting.
I appreciate the fact that the shooting was stopped, but I’m sorry, 3 minutes?? I can’t believe for a second that there wasn’t a SLC police car within 3 minutes of the mall. I’m about 3 minutes from the mall, and I live 10 blocks south of the damn thing. I know there were cops between here and there Monday night.
I’ll shut up now.
