• Official Statements

    Official Statement From Mormon Women for Ethical Government on Unethical Policing Practices by the Woods Cross Police Department

    June 7, 2019 Yesterday, in West Bountiful, Utah, a police officer who was involved in a multi-agency manhunt for two adult suspects stopped his vehicle and drew his firearm on a 10-year-old black child who was playing in his front yard. The officer ordered the child at gunpoint to get on the ground before determining that he did not fit the description of the suspects and quickly leaving without further explanation. The incident was witnessed in part by the child’s mother, who ran outside to the child’s defense. A lieutenant with the Woods Cross Police Department dismissed this as ā€œan unfortunate situationā€ in which the boy was ā€œin the wrong…