‘It was our priority’: SLCPD clears massive criminal record expungement backlog that piled up under ‘Clean Slate Law’

Utah’s “clean slate law” made expunging certain criminal records an automatic process, initially overwhelming Salt Lake City police.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City police Chief Mike Brown speaks during a news conference on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. Salt Lake City police have expunged more than 74,000 criminal records, clearing a massive backlog that built up over the past two years after Utah’s “clean slate law” went into effect.

‘It was our priority’: SLCPD clears massive criminal record expungement backlog that piled up under ‘Clean Slate Law’

Utah’s “clean slate law” made expunging certain criminal records an automatic process, initially overwhelming Salt Lake City police.

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