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ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) - Police academy officials will meet here Monday to consider whether town marshals who patrol a polygamist enclave on the Arizona-Utah border should be stripped of their badges on accusations that they revere their religious leader more than the law.
Utah authorities say officers in tiny Colorado City, Ariz., are members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and are more loyal to its leader, Warren Jeffs, than to their badges and their oath of office.
The marshals are accused of misconduct for what authorities describe as ignoring court orders related to properties held in a church trust and refusing to cooperate in depositions conducted by trust attorneys.
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