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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
Opening A Cold Case Homicide: What Hollywood Does Not Tell You

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Behind the headlines of a solved cold case homicide are the obstacles and difficulties not uncommonly found when a law enforcement agency re-opens a cold case homicide file. Missing evidence and records are but a tip of the challenges that face investigators. This presentation will demonstrate critical issues in this facet of such investigations and offer thoughts and suggestions to facilitate and enhance a successful resolution of these cases.
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Rachel Walton

Professor Ca District Attorney Investigator, Ret'd, Utah State University
Professor Walton spent 34 years as a police officer, deputy sheriff and district attorney investigator in California. In the 1980's, and on her own time, she re-investigated perhaps America's oldest active homicide, a series of rapes and murders which occurred in the 1920's. This... Read More →

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