§15-10-1. Short Title
This article shall be known as the "West Virginia Law-Enforcement Mutual Assistance Act".
§15-10-2. Legislative Findings
The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the commission of various crimes against the peace and dignity of the State of West Virginia quite often crosses county and municipal boundaries, affecting the citizenry of this state and making difficult the tasks of detecting and preventing crime by law-enforcement agencies due to restrictions imposed by municipal […]
§15-10-3. Definitions
For purposes of this article only, and unless a different meaning plainly is required: (1) "Criminal justice enforcement personnel" means those persons within the state criminal justice system who are actually employed as members of the State Police, members of the Division of Protective Services, natural resources police officers, chiefs of police and police of […]
§15-10-4. Cooperation Between Law-Enforcement Agencies and Other Groups of State or Local Law-Enforcement Officers
(a) The head of any law-enforcement agency, or the head of any campus police, as those terms are defined in section three of this article, may temporarily provide assistance and cooperation to another agency of the state criminal justice system or to a federal law-enforcement agency in investigating crimes or possible criminal activity if requested […]
§15-10-5. Federal Officers Peace-Keeping Authority
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, any person who is employed by the United States government as a federal law-enforcement officer and is listed in subsection (b) of this section, has the same authority to enforce the laws of this state, except state or local traffic laws or parking ordinances, as […]
§15-10-6. Transportation of Out-of-State Prisoners; Authority of Foreign Law-Enforcement Officers
(a) Duly authorized law enforcement officers of the United States, the District of Columbia and other states or political subdivisions thereof who are transporting prisoners through this state, delivering prisoners to this state or taking custody of a person in this state for transport to another jurisdiction are deemed to have lawful custody of said […]
§15-10-7. Cooperation With Military Authorities
(a) The head of a law-enforcement agency or head of a campus police department, as those positions are defined in 15-10-3 of this code, may assign law-enforcement personnel under his or her command to provide assistance, cooperation, and information to the National Guard of this state or any service component of the United States Department […]