From: "Jeff Jacobsen" <cultxpt@ev1.net>
Subject: religious group needs watching; new sheriff's office
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 02:57:07 -0000
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If a religious group gets so much power in a town that they control the police department, that's a bad thing, imho. Fortunately, that doesn't seem to be the case in Clearwater.

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/issues/2003-08-28/news.html/1/index.html

Arizona and Utah officials decide to curb underage marriages by erecting a sheriff's substation in polygamy country BY JOHN DOUGHERTY john.dougherty@newtimes.com

Arizona and Utah authorities plan to join together for the first time in an effort aimed at curbing the widespread sexual abuse of minors within a Mormon polygamist enclave that straddles the border between the two states.

Law enforcement officials have agreed to open a sheriff's office substation close to Colorado City, Arizona, that is independent of the polygamist-controlled town police department. Hildale, Utah, is adjacent to Colorado City across the state border and is also patrolled by the same police force.

The Colorado City Police Department has lost credibility with other law enforcement agencies in the area, and with state officials in Arizona and Utah, for failing to protect underage girls from coercion into plural marriages. Utah authorities have suspended the department from operating in Hildale because most, if not all, of its officers have failed to maintain mandatory continuing education requirements.

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