About a week after firing long-time Salt Lake City police chief Mike Brown, Mayor Erin Mendenhall on Thursday announced Brian Redd, the executive director of the Utah Department of Corrections, as her pick to replace him.

It didn’t take long for Salt Lake City’s mayor to name a new police chief. Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall on Thursday named Brian Redd, executive director of the Utah Department of Corrections,

With Salt Lake City Police Chief Mike Brown retiring at the end of the month, Mayor Erin Mendenhall said Thursday there was no need to conduct a nationwide search for his replacement. That's because her preferred candidate, Utah Department of Corrections executive director Brian Redd, agreed to take the job.

Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall has made her choice on who she believes should fill the position left open by the outgoing chief of police.