Utah Department of Public Safety (DPS) is a law enforcement agency in the State of
Utah
Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...
, headquartered in
Taylorsville.
Utah Department of Public Safety is under the direction of Commissioner Jess L. Anderson.
The agency is headquartered at South 4501 South 2700 West in
Taylorsville.
Contact Information
. Utah Department of Public Safety. Accessed October 26, 2012.
Senior Staff
Divisions
The Department of Public Safety has 11 divisions and bureaus:
*Utah Division of Emergency Management
*Utah State Fire Marshal's Office
*Utah Highway Patrol
The Utah Highway Patrol (UHP) is the functional equivalent of state police for the Utah, State of Utah in the United States. Its sworn members, known as ''Troopers'', are certified law enforcement officers and have statewide jurisdiction. It wa ...
*Utah Driver License Division
*Utah Statewide Information and Analysis Center (SIAC)
*Utah State Bureau of Investigation (SBI)
*Utah State Communications
*Utah State State Crime Lab
*Highway Safety
*Bureau of Criminal Identification
*Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST)
References
External links
Utah Department of Public Safety
State law enforcement agencies of Utah
Public safety
Public security or public safety is the prevention of and protection from events that could endanger the safety and security of the public from significant danger, injury, or property damage. It is often conducted by a state government to ensu ...
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