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PROVO, Utah, May 11 (UPI) -- Police in Provo, Utah, have apologized for using a Mormon church's parking lot to set up a radar speed trap, and promised not to do it again.
One of the motorists who were stopped told the Provo Daily Herald at least five officers were involved in the trap, in which speeders were waved into the lot to be ticketed.
But church official James Wilson wasn't pleased: "Church property should be used for church activities. If an officer pulls someone over one time, then that's different than running a radar trap."
Raylene Ireland, spokeswoman for Provo city, said police don't run radar traps on a regular basis, and on this occasion, the officers erred in using the church parking lot to cite speeders.
Wilson said he was contacted Tuesday by Police Chief Craig Geflison who reiterated Provo Police Department policy is to obtain consent before using private property for police work.
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