Ogden Mayor Ben Nadolski recently sat down with Deputy Chief Tyler “Ziggy” Ziegler on The Ogden Way, the city-hosted podcast that spotlights local leaders and projects. The episode pulls back the curtain on who is running the Ogden Police Department and how they say they are trying to rebuild public trust through hiring, training, and accountability. City officials cast the effort as a cultural reset aimed at boosting both public safety and support for officers.
According to Ogden City, the episode, titled “Culture & Trust,” walks through themes of “trust, accountability, hiring for mindset and will,” and points to historic lateral hiring and a 25% drop in reported use-of-force incidents as recent wins for the department. Ogden City Government also clipped highlights into a Facebook reel. The conversation mixes candid back-and-forth with claims of measurable change and a renewed focus on constitutional, community-centered policing.
Recruiting and culture
As reported by the Standard-Examiner, the department has leaned hard into recruiting and training to rebuild its ranks, citing roughly a dozen to two dozen recent lateral hires and progress toward full staffing. Officers told the paper that the mayor’s backing, intensive training programs, and robust peer support have helped convince experienced applicants to come, or return, to Ogden. That reporting lines up with the podcast’s message that recruitment is not just about headcount, it is treated as cultural work that shapes day-to-day policing.
Data and transparency
The department’s organizational page lists Tyler Ziegler as Deputy Chief and provides contact information for the command staff, according to Ogden City's Police Administration. That site also links to a Use of Force dashboard on ArcGIS, where the city publishes incident-level transparency data. For residents, those tools offer a way to see whether the touted reductions in use-of-force incidents actually show up in the numbers.
Why it matters for Ogden
Local reporting and the mayor’s own interview frame the shift as a practical response to staffing and safety challenges: more officers on patrol and more training mean faster responses and more hands-on community work, according to officials and residents. Ogden City highlights those themes throughout the episode, while the Standard-Examiner quoted officers who said culture and administrative support were key reasons they chose Ogden. Whether those changes translate into long-term gains in public trust will depend on continued transparency and follow-through from city leaders and the police command staff.
The full conversation and transcript are available through The Ogden Way podcast, and the episode can also be streamed via Apple Podcasts. Residents can gauge the department’s progress for themselves by watching the reel, listening to the full episode, and digging into the city’s public dashboards.
