May 2026 | Vol. 35 Iss. 5
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Best Wishes, Chief Carr: Herriman bids a fond farewell to its first chief of police By Elisa Eames | elisa@mycityjournals.com
After serving as Herriman’s first chief of police for eight years, Troy Carr reflects on the ups and downs while looking forward to new adventures during retirement.
From securing enough vehicles for the newly-hired officers to creating a logo and uploading website documents, the logistics of creating a brand-new police force were overwhelming. “We pulled some 16-hour days,” Carr said. “I remember how many nights we spent working late just trying to get graphics done for patches and cars and badges… The amount of details is astounding.”
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ow lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard,” A. A. Milne said. At the end of a career spanning nearly 35 years, Herriman City has said its final tearful goodbyes to former Police Chief Troy Carr, who officially stepped down on March 1 after eight years with Herriman. Deputy Chief Cody Stromberg will temporarily assume Carr’s duties while the city searches for its next chief. “It’s different for me because [Herriman] isn’t just a place I worked,” Carr said. “It’s a place I helped build.” Before the creation of the Herriman Police Department in 2018, the city relied on the Unified Police Department for law enforcement services. “There was no Herriman City Police Department,” Communications Manager Jonathan La Follette said. While Carr was serving as the Herriman
Trial by fire
Literally hours after Herriman’s untested police department launched, the city was faced with an opportunity to prove itself. “[There was] an awful tragedy where three young men lost their lives in a car… It was terrible,” Carr said. “But… we handled it without skipping a beat. And that’s a very proud moment for me to know that within hours of taking over, we had the ability to handle such a tragedy.” Former police chief Troy Carr gives a new police vehicle a test drive in 2018. (Photo courtesy Though the Herriman officers as a group Herriman City) were untried, each individual hired by HPD brought substantial law enforcement experiPrecinct Chief for the UPD in 2018, the city 6, 2018. He and other city personnel found ence to the team. “They have gained such abilinotified the UPD of its intent to withdraw and themselves with only four months to create ty since then in our technology and our training, form its own police department. Carr was a functional police department, essentially Continued on page 10 sworn in as the city’s first police chief on June from scratch.
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