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In talking with Iron County Sheriff Mark Gower, he said, “I will not allow anyone to come into this county and violate the Constitution of the United States or Utah. If I have to stand in the street and stop that from happening I would do it.” He further said, “I have refused to sign any agreements or contracts with Homeland Security or any other federal department and no one can come in and preempt the local control of our law enforcement. I will never give my command and control of the sheriff’s office to an outside agency. The US Constitution will not be violated on my watch.”

[Tainan]

I have seen a statement released by the "UTAH SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION" which echoes this sentiment.

Looks like a widely held position in Utah.

[Tainan]

Here is a link to a PDF of the position statement of the Utah Sheriffs Association. <-- link to PDF file.

[Jet Jaguar]

Bump

[svxdave]

Iron County, Utah includes Cedar City, Utah, the home of Southern Utah University. SUU is the college that Christopher Darner the Cop Killer, attended.