'I didn't bring this on FLDS,' sheriff says

But no, as far as direct knowledge of that crime going on out there, over the last four years, I did not have that.

Deseret News: Yet you also had a confidential informant. What was this confidential informant telling you?

Doran: All I can say — and you know any law enforcement officer's not going to uncover their confidential informant — confidential informant is plural. This is a person, or persons, that I have relied on the last four years to educate me on this group. A person that, if something came up, I can call this person, run it by 'em and they're going to be in the know of what this means, or who this is, or what's going on in this particular situation.

This confidential informant did not lead up to this raid. This confidential informant had no part of that. During the search warrants, this person — persons, actually — was called upon to clarify some things, evidences that were uncovered and bring in some of the FLDS teachings that would match these particular evidences that were uncovered.

Those confidential informants were used as a resource of information.

Deseret News: Are they anti-FLDS?

Doran: These confidential informants are very credible and have a very neutral point of view on both sides. That's basically where I'll leave that.

Deseret News: Do you think it was a good decision to bus all of the children off the ranch?

Doran: I feel like they had to get them to a location where they could interview them in an area without a lot of influences. There was an ongoing law enforcement operation out there. Yes, if CPS was going to perform their duties, they were going to have to do it in a manner that was most conducive to their investigation. If they felt it was the best decision at the time, so be it. Again, it was acting on an order from a district judge.

Deseret News: You've spent years cultivating a relationship with the FLDS and the people on the YFZ Ranch. How do you think your relationship is going to be now?