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

Doran: I did not bring this on them. The call came in to assist Child Protective Services. We always assist. We pulled in the law enforcement due to the size of the operation. We pulled in the law enforcement that was necessary to carry out the operation. My job was support and logistics and communications. I guess being the sheriff of Schleicher County, and this is where their home is, and this is where the operation took place — naturally, I guess, I'm going to get the blame.

You know, that's a false blame. My relationship with them is I've always been up front with them for the past four years. I've had a good working relationship with them. At the same time, if they are committing crimes out there, which crimes have been committed and it is being investigated, then that is their problem. It's not something I brought upon them.

It's something as a law enforcement officer, we're going to investigate any problems, with any resident, within Schleicher County if we're called upon to do that. And we're going to use the resources necessary to get that investigation carried out.

So they can point the blame but they have problems within their community that needs to be taken care of. If there was no problem, there wouldn't be a lot of victims coming away from that culture doing outcries.

Deseret News: How do you think your relationship with them is going to be from here on out?

Doran: We still have a dialogue with them, believe it or not. They have a lot of anger towards me, and I guess I can appreciate that because they don't want to accept the facts of the situation. But we do still have communication, through my chief deputy.

We still maintain a level of communication, where if we have subpoenas that come in we have someone we can call upon. If Child Protective Services comes in, we can call them and they'll meet us at the gate. We still have some contact on the inside.

As far as our position goes, we have always been neutral. We're still neutral, we're just conducting a criminal investigation. I don't feel any differently then, than I do now. I have a job to do, we're going to carry that out. If there's crimes being uncovered, we're going to investigate those crimes.

Deseret News: The FLDS have requested 300 voter cards. You're up for re-election. How do you think that's going to factor into it?

Doran: I don't think it will be a big role in our local politics. Now, different scenarios could play out if they decide to run one of theirs as a write-in.