Upon her historic swearing-in as Salt Lake County’s first female sheriff on Tuesday, Rosie Rivera affirmed her commitment to making law enforcement more diverse and promised a new era of community policing before a throng of supporters at the Salt Lake County Government Center.
She was sworn in as head of one of the state’s largest law enforcement agencies and will oversee the Unified Police Department, county jail and court security.
Rivera, a 24-year veteran of law enforcement, left her post as chief of policing in the Unified Police Department’s Riverton precinct to take over for former Sheriff Jim Winder.