Scruffy-looking pedestrians along North Temple and elsewhere in Salt Lake City should be prepared to show identification — despite their legal right not to carry ID.
Since the onset of Operation Rio Grande, law enforcement officers are asking pedestrians for ID despite settled law that people in the United States are free from such demands unless suspected of a crime.
The Rio Grande law-enforcement initiative began Aug. 14 in an effort to reduce criminal activity around The Road Home shelter downtown. Many who frequented the area along 500 West between 200 South and 400 South scattered throughout the city and county.