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The Utah Department of Public Safety (DPS) invites you to the 2024 Utah Public Safety Summit. The conference was designed with public safety professionals in mind and focuses on leadership, educational experiences, critical thinking opportunities, and best practices.

Conference topics include: forensic case studies, sessions on leadership and peer support, lessons learned from recent events, partnerships in communities, traffic safety, drug trends, emergency management, law enforcement, fire, and other public safety topics.

You’ll leave this two-day conference with valuable information and lessons from peers who represent organizations across the country. DPS is proud to serve the state in more ways than one. From patrolling highways to preparing Utahns for emergency situations, the department is honored to host this conference to further prepare our public safety professionals in our great state.

Hotel reservations are the responsibility of the attendee; please visit the conference website for hotel block information. Breakfast will not be served; however, lunch will be provided on both days.

If you have further questions, please contact our conference committee by emailing: upss@utah.gov.

Tuesday, June 11 • 3:40pm - 4:40pm
AI Can Invent 40,000 New Chemical Weapons in 6 Hours? 85th WMD CST Discusses Past and Future Response NO MEDIA/PRESS

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The 85th WMD Civil Support Team is trained and equipped to support a wide variety of WMD and HAZMAT events.  They are available 24/7 and are free of charge to the requesting agency.  In this session we will go over CST capabilities and several interesting case studies from our Utah communities.  
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LTC Rob Dent

Commander, 85th WMD Civil Support Team
LTC Rob Dent is the commander of the 85th WMD Civil Support Team.  He started his military career in 1988 as a flight medic in the Army Reserve and deployed to Operation Desert Storm.   He commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Utah Army National Guard in 2002 and deployed to... Read More →
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Spencer Smith

Medical Officer, 85th CST
MAJ Spencer Smith, MD is a Board Certified Emergency physician and the medical officer on the 85th WMD-Civil Support Team. He has been a member of the Utah National Guard for eight years and has been on the CST over two years. As team physician, Dr. Smith ensures unit health and readiness... Read More →
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Andrew Wade

Deputy Commander, 85th Civil Support Team, UTARNG
MAJ Andrew Wade began his career as an Army Medic in 1994.  In 2009 he was commissioned as a Medical Service Corps Officer with the 85th Weapons of Mass Destruction – Civil Support Team (WMD-CST).  He spent 7 years on the team responding to various threats and hazards across the... Read More →

Tuesday June 11, 2024 3:40pm - 4:40pm MDT
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