The Center for Digital Government announced the winners of the 2025 Government Experience Awards. We’re proud to be recognized as a Project Winner in the 2025 Government Experience Awards for the Public Safety Data Portal project. Now in its ninth year, the program highlights how governments are blending people-first service design with next-generation tools to better connect with residents. This project demonstrates how thoughtful design, innovative tools, and partnerships can make government services more accessible, equitable, and effective for our residents.
About the Public Safety Data Portal
A critical component of effective oversight and accountability, data and information sharing within the criminal justice system has reached a new level of sophistication through the implementation of the Utah Public Safety Portal. Spearheaded by the Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice (CCJJ), in close collaboration with the Department of Public Safety, this innovative statewide data portal serves as a central repository for key criminal justice metrics provided by a diverse array of over 400 stakeholders. These include approximately 160 arresting agencies, 104 courts, 24 jails, 31 correctional facilities, and parole and probation offices, with ongoing efforts to integrate data from prosecutors across the state.
The Public Safety Portal currently houses over 3.4 billion rows of data, representing an unprecedented cooperative endeavor that empowers Utah with significant reporting capabilities and the ability to identify critical trends for informed policy formulation and enhanced outcomes.
This comprehensive system delivers aggregated law enforcement data across the state, providing essential insights to legislators, counties, cities, law enforcement entities, and other stakeholders regarding crime trends and patterns within Utah.
The successful development and deployment of the Public Safety Portal represents a three-year dedicated effort encompassing the creation of a robust database infrastructure, collaborative engagement with diverse law enforcement agencies, and strategic partnerships with software vendors to establish effective data extraction methodologies.
About the Center for Digital Government
The Center for Digital Government (CDG) is a national research and advisory institute focused on technology policy and best practices in state and local government. CDG is a division of e.Republic, the nation’s only media, data and events company focused exclusively on state and local government and education.
Public Safety Data Portal: https://ccjj.utah.gov/
Press Release: https://bit.ly/GovX2025
Full List of Project Winners: https://bit.ly/GovX2025Winners