For the purposes of this article, unless a different meaning clearly appears in the context: (1) “Approved law-enforcement training academy” means any training facility which is approved and authorized to conduct law-enforcement training as provided in this article;
(a) The Legislature finds that the use by a law-enforcement officer of race, ethnicity, or national origin in deciding which persons should be subject to traffic stops, stops and frisks, questioning, searches, and seizures is a problematic law-enforcement tactic. The reality or public perception of racial profiling alienates people from police, hinders community policing efforts, […]
(a) The certification of a law-enforcement officer who is separated from his or her employment with a West Virginia law-enforcement agency, shall immediately become inactive and remain inactive until the subcommittee authorizes reactivation of the officer's certification pursuant to the procedure set forth in this section. (b) Whenever a law-enforcement officer is separated from his […]
(a) Every person employed by a West Virginia state, county or municipal agency as a qualified law-enforcement officer within the meaning of 18 U. S. C. §926B, shall receive an appropriate photo identification and certification of training required to carry a concealed firearm under the federal Law-Enforcement Officers Safety Act, 18 U. S. C. §926B. […]
Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, on or after July 1, 2018, any person appointed to serve as the chief executive of a municipal law-enforcement agency shall be a certified, or certifiable as, a law-enforcement officer as provided in §30-29-5 of this code: Provided, That chief executives of municipal law-enforcement agencies employed […]
(a) Notwithstanding other provisions of law to the contrary, a West Virginia law-enforcement agency may not employ or offer to employ a pre-certified law-enforcement officer until it makes written findings documenting that the person meets the minimum standards contained in this subsection, or adopts a previous employing West Virginia law-enforcement agencys written findings, which shall […]
(a) The Law-Enforcement Professional Standards Subcommittee is continued as a subcommittee of the Governor's Committee on Crime, Delinquency and Correction. The subcommittee has the following responsibilities: (1) Review and administer programs for qualification, training and certification of law-enforcement officers in the state; and
(a) The subcommittee shall, by or pursuant to rules proposed for legislative approval in accordance with 29A-3-1 et seq. of this code: (1) Provide funding for the establishment and support of law-enforcement training academies in the state;
(a) A $12 fee shall be added to the usual court costs of all criminal court proceedings involving violation of any criminal law of the state or any county or municipality of the state, excluding violations of municipal parking ordinances, unless the fee is later modified pursuant to a legislative rule. (b) A $12 fee […]
(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (e) of this section, a person may not be employed as a law-enforcement officer by any West Virginia law-enforcement agency or by any state institution of higher education or by a hospital or by the Public Service Commission of West Virginia on or after the effective date […]
(a) The Law-Enforcement Professional Standards Subcommittee shall establish within the basic training curriculum, a course for law-enforcement training programs for the training of law-enforcement officers and correction officers in appropriate interactions with individuals with autism spectrum disorders, Alzheimers and related dementias and shall develop guidelines for law enforcement response to individuals on the autism spectrum, […]
Certification of each West Virginia law-enforcement officer shall be reviewed annually following the first certification and until such time as the officer may achieve exempt rank. Certification may be revoked, suspended or not renewed if any law-enforcement officer fails to attend annually an in-service approved law-enforcement training program, or if a law-enforcement officer achieving exempt […]
The subcommittee and the executive of each West Virginia law-enforcement agency shall ensure employee compliance with this article.
(a) A West Virginia law-enforcement agency shall, and a governing board may, pay compensation to employees, including wages, salaries, benefits, tuition, and expenses, for the employees attendance at a law-enforcement training academy. The compensation paid to the employees for such attendance may not include overtime compensation under the provisions of 21-5C-3 of this code and […]
Special railroad police officers shall be permitted to attend law-enforcement training academies for law-enforcement officers: Provided, That the railroad companies shall pay a tuition fee in an amount sufficient to pay the entire cost of training each employee who attends an academy, which fee shall in no event be less than $45 per day: Provided, […]
