Utah Department of Public Safety
Join us May 23rd and 24th in St. George! KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Laura Stack and Dr. Craig Manning Registration is open! The Utah Department of Public Safety (DPS) invites you to the 2023 Utah Public Safety Summit. The conference was designed with public safety professionals in mind and focuses on leadership, educational experiences, critical networking opportunities, […]
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The Utah Highway Patrol currently holds various unclaimed and found properties. This includes backpacks, bikes, camping gear, clothing, electronics, firearms/weapons, currency, jewelry, purses, recreational gear, suitcases and tools. Ownership must be proven in the form of receipts and/or detailed description within nine (9) days of this posting. For information, please contact the evidence room at 801-262-0449.
Aero Bureau Report: We flew 16 missions this week. Heat strokes, lost parties, missing individuals, 24 people hoisted from slot canyons. 19 were hoisted out of Sandthrax Canyon after being stranded for 30 hours. After 19 hoists, a refuel, and 2 hours of blade time, we were pleased to find everyone was in good condition. […]
The DPS Dive Team recently headed up to Deer Creek Reservoir to provide a demonstration of its new robot to the media. The remote operated vehicle (ROV) is optimized to work in low to zero visibility conditions. Some details about the robot’s capabilities include the following: full 1080p HD video tether that reaches up to […]
CLICK HERE FOR VIDEOS As warmer weather arrives in Utah, drivers can expect to see more motorcycles on our roads. And that means they’ll see more motorcycles lane filtering – moving between two lanes to the front of traffic stopped at an intersection. Motorcycle lane filtering has been legal under certain circumstances in Utah since […]
Updated Building Codes Support Mitigation and Disaster Discovery Funding The 42nd Annual Building Safety Month is being observed this month around the world in an effort to raise awareness of increased building safety. The theme for this year’s campaign is Safety for All: Building Codes in Action. Purposeful building codes and the officials who enforce them […]
Now with the past five years of data at your fingertips SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Department of Public Safety’s Bureau of Criminal Identification (BCI) is making the past five years of crime data available in new interactive dashboards. The new dashboards allow the public to view and sort data by jurisdiction or law enforcement […]
Law enforcement agencies statewide will conduct increased DUI enforcement on St. Patrick’s Day St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in America date back to the country’s founding. It is often is one of the biggest drinking nights of the year, and this, unfortunately, means more drunk drivers on the roads. However you celebrate, make sure you and […]