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POST Council Members


Michael Larsen
Chairman of POST Council
Director, Orem Department of Public Safety
Representing Chief of 1st or 2nd Class City

Terry Keefe
Vice Chairman of POST Council
Chief of Police, Layton City Police Department
Representing, Chiefs of Police Association

David Edmunds
Sheriff, Summit County Sheriff's Office
Representing Sheriff's of County
Less than 100,000

James O. Tracy
Sheriff, Utah County Sheriff's Office
Representing Sheriff’s of counties
more than 100,000 Population

Lamont Smith
Sheriff, Kane County Sheriff's Office
Representing Utah Sheriff's Association

Donna Dillingham-Evans
Vice President, Dixie State College
Representing Education

Kerry Gibson
Weber County Commissioner
Representing County Commissioner

Melissa Johnson
Mayor of West Jordan City
Representing Mayor

Robbie Robertson
Representing At Large

Val Shupe
Chief of Police, South Ogden City Police Department
Representing Chief of 3rd Class City

Daniel Fuhr
Colonel, Utah Highway Patrol
Representing Superintendent of the
Utah Highway Patrol

Chris Burbank
Chief, Salt Lake City Police Department
Representing At Large

Tom Patterson
Executive Director, Utah Dept of Corrections
Representing Executive Director of Corrections

David J. Johnson
SAC, Federal Bureau of Investigations
Representing Federal Bureau of Investigations

John Crowley
Representing UPOA

Mark Shurtleff
Utah Attorney General
Representing Utah Attorney General

Sterling Provost
Representing At Large