What is the Autism Safety Roster?

The roster is a project in partnership with the community and the Herriman Police Department (HPD). The online roster promotes communication and gives police quick access to important information about a person with Autism such as their name, birthday, physical description, emergency contact information, known triggers and behaviors etc. This roster provides information that is critical for law enforcement prior to an officer’s arrival at a scene and/or prior to contacting an individual with Autism or other mental illnesses.

Goal of the Program

To help insure the safety of an individual with Autism in a crisis situation.

What happens once the person is registered?

Once the person is registered, they will be placed into a database in the HPD’s Record Management System. If you do not reside within the Herriman Police Department jurisdiction, contact your local police department to inquire if they participate in a similar program.

Once the submitted information is verified, it will be placed into the dispatch system. This is where the rostered information will be given to the officers responding on calls or interacting with an individual who has Autism. When possible, an officer trained in Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) will be sent to the scene.

Register Annually

The information must be updated and submitted every year to ensure the information is accurate. If the information is not updated, the file will be marked as “inactive” until current information is submitted.

How to Register

To register, an adult family member or guardian of an individual with Autism, complete the following form.

We would like to take this opportunity to ask for your assistance with making the roadways in Herriman City safer by taking the Herriman Drives Safely Pledge. This pledge is aimed to encourage all drivers to slow down, stop at all stop signs and red lights, stay off your phone, and wear your seatbelt.

By slowing down from 30 MPH to 25 MPH, you reduce your stopping distance from 109’ to 85’. Those extra 24’ can make the difference between life and death for a pedestrian who runs into the road.

Most of our crashes happen around intersections due to drivers not obeying stop signs and traffic signals, or because they are distracted by something or someone inside the vehicle. Please put distractions away. If you need to look at GPS, make a phone call, or read/send a message, please pull off the roadway.

Finally, please wear a seatbelt. It only takes seconds to put on, but when there is an accident, it makes a huge difference. If you have children in child safety seats and have questions or concerns, please call the police department and set up an appointment for us to inspect the safety of your children.

Thanks for your help in making Herriman safer.

When driving, it's important to be mindful of pedestrians and the type of crosswalks they are crossing. As a driver, each type of sidewalk should be treated differently.

School Zone Crosswalks

Typically marked by zebra-style striping, when at a school zone crosswalks a driver must stop and wait to let the pedestrian cross the entire crosswalk on both sides of the road before proceeding forward.

Standard Crosswalk

Typically marked by parallel solid line striping, when at a standard crosswalk a driver must stop and wait to let the pedestrian cross their side of the road before proceeding.

Additional notes for motorists

• Motorists may not operate a vehicle within 3 feet of a pedestrian (41-6a-706.5)
• At a stop or yield sign, motorists must also yield to pedestrians in adjacent crosswalks (41-6a-902)
• Motorists cannot pass a vehicle that is stopped or yielding to a pedestrian in a crosswalk (41-6a-1002)
• Use caution. Many times pedestrians are not looking for oncoming traffic. (UCA 41-6a-1002)

What is the Listen and Explain, Cooperate and Communicate Campaign?

In 2023 the Utah Law Enforcement Legislative Committee proposed the creation of the Listen and Explain, Cooperate and Communicate Campaign, which would facilitate cooperation between citizens and law enforcement. This campaign was supported by the Utah Legislature and Governor becoming a resolution of support that same year.

Public safety is paramount to a thriving and healthy society. Utah's law enforcement officers are integral to the safety of our cities and towns, our counties, and our state. Utah's 63 law enforcement agencies, including Herriman City, use this campaign to train their officers in actively and intently listening to citizen’s concerns during all interactions and then reasonably and respectfully explain, when possible, what action will take place according to the law or agency policy. Positive interactions and civility, including respectful dialogue and communication during police interactions by all parties, is paramount to building relationships of trust.

Utah's residents are also responsible to be good partners with their law enforcement agencies within their respective communities. When citizens trust and cooperate with law enforcement, use of force incidents are reduced and safety is increased for everyone involved.

For the relationship between citizens and peace officers to be strengthened, citizens should calmly cooperate with peace officers and respectfully communicate concerns with their law enforcement agency leadership and law enforcement agencies must be committed to thoroughly investigating legitimate complaints and concerns brought to them by citizens.

The Herriman City Police Department provides a digital complaint form at herrimanpd.gov or citizens may visit the Herriman City Police Department at Herriman City Hall. Additionally, citizens may request to speak to an on-duty supervisor by calling 801-840-4000, contact police administration by calling 801-858-0035 or emailing police@herrimanpd.gov. The Herriman City Police Department greatly values our partnership with the community and encourages open dialogue in all instances.

The Herriman Police Department is currently storing various items of unclaimed property. The stored items include bicycles, electronic devices, tools, backpacks, clothing, pet accessories, jewelry, and other miscellaneous items. To claim a stored item, ownership must be established through receipts, and/or a detailed description.

Any property currently stored by the Herriman City Police Department that is not claimed within 10 days of this notice will be auctioned or destroyed.

Contact HPD's evidence unit at 801-871-3535 for questions or further assistance. These items are set to be destroyed March 1st, 2025.