AZ Police Suspended For Polygamy

The Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board voted unanimously Wednesday to revoke the certifications of two Colorado City, Arizona police officers accused of practicing polygamy, according to yesterday's San Diego Union-Leader. Colorado City is dominated by Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints that encourages polygamy, and this is the latest of many enforcement steps against the FLDS Church. (See prior posting.) A predecessor agency in 1990 had refused to decertify Colorado City's then-marshal on the basis of his practicing polygamy, instead deciding that it merely amounted to cohabitation.