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Home » US Law » 2022 West Virginia Code » Chapter 7. County Commissions and Officers » Article 14. Civil Service for Deputy Sheriffs » §7-14-17d. Right to Receive Complete Standard Uniform; and Right to Acquire Badge

A deputy sheriff, upon honorable retirement, shall be authorized to maintain at his or her own cost a complete standard uniform from the law-enforcement agency of which he or she was a member, and shall be issued an identification card indicating his or her honorable retirement from the law-enforcement agency. The uniform may be worn by the officer in retirement only on the following occasions: Police Officer's Memorial Day, Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, at the funeral of a law-enforcement officer or during any other police ceremony. The honorably retired officer is authorized to acquire a badge of the law-enforcement agency from which he or she is retired with the word "retired" placed on it.