Smart personal safety devices, systems, and methods

A smart personal safety device for dispensing a chemical irritant comprising:

• a product cannister;
• a body in which the product cannister is received;
• a first actuation mechanism for dispensing a product from the product cannister received within the body;
• a wireless data communication module removably coupled to the body and configured for wirelessly transmitting a triggering signal to a remote receiver;
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• a second actuation mechanism coupled to the wireless data communication module so as to be removed with the wireless data communication module when the wireless data communication module is separated from the body, the second actuation mechanism being disposed between the body and the wireless data communication module when the wireless data communication module is coupled to the body, the second actuation mechanism being exposed by separating the wireless data communication module from the body, the second actuation mechanism being operable to energize the wireless data communication module to wirelessly transmit the triggering signal when the second actuation mechanism is actuated, the second actuation mechanism being actuated by the product cannister when the wireless data communication module is coupled to the body and the first actuation mechanism is actuated to dispense the product from the product cannister [received within the body, and the second actuation mechanism being exposed when the wireless data communication module is separated from the body for direct activation of the wireless data communication module independently of the body and the first actuation mechanism.