Officials: Operation Rio Grande has brought 'zombie land' under control

SALT LAKE CITYLt. Gov. Spencer Cox said before Operation Rio Grande began, a climate of zero consequences for the open-air drug market made the area a "zombie land."
"If you think that was compassionate in the Rio Grande two months ago, then you don't know what compassion is," he said.
Forcing people struggling with drug addiction to walk through such an environment to get homeless services, he said, was like "asking an alcoholic to go get treatment in a bar."
"That's not fair," he said. "That's