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A Times Editorial / Police work for Scientology

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Title: A Times Editorial / Police work for Scientology
Date: Thursday, 22 March 2001
Publisher: St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Main source: sptimes.com

Tags: Clearwater • Infiltration • Judge Thomas E. Penick • Lisa McPherson Trust • Police • Sidney R. "Sid" Klein • St. Petersburg Times (Florida)

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Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Judge Thomas Penick, who has the unenviable task of refereeing sidewalk skirmishes between the Church of Scientology and anti-Scientology protesters in Clearwater, recently pointed to an arrangement that allows off-duty Clearwater cops to work for Scientology and noted, "They are coming very dangerously close to becoming a private security force for the Church of Scientology." Penick was right to call attention to the uncomfortably cozy relationship developing between city police and the church, which has its spiritual headquarters in ... [Read the rest at sptimes.com]