KSL News: Deputy to Attend Eagle Mountain Council Meetings: "Some murmuring at public meetings is expected, but things were getting a little too heated, she said.

'It occurs in every city where people with strong feelings express them, but when it is at the possible detriment of the meeting, it's not OK,' she said. 'We have had several city council meetings where individuals have felt assertive enough to actually approach the council. We felt like it was creating a problem.'

Besides police protection, furniture in the council chambers has been reconfigured so that people can't get behind the council members, and chairs have been pushed back to put more distance between council members and the audience.

'I don't believe what people have done has been malicious, but people feeling like they could do these things is inappropriate,' Murphy said.

Bailey said the police presence has already helped disruptions in the back of the room.

'It has made all the difference in the world,' he said. 'There have been no more outbursts and people can actually hear what is going on.'"