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This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of West Virginia.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 233 law enforcement agencies employing 3,382 sworn police officers, about 186 for each 100,000 residents.
The U.S. state of West Virginia has 55 counties. Fifty of them existed at the time of the Wheeling Convention in 1861, during the American Civil War, when those counties seceded from the Commonwealth of Virginia to form the new state of West Virginia. [1] West Virginia was admitted as a separate state of the United States on June 20, 1863. [2]
Marshall County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia.At the 2020 census, the population was 30,591. [1] Its county seat is Moundsville. [2] With its southern border at what would be a continuation of the Mason-Dixon line to the Ohio River, it forms the base of the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia.
Norman Dalton, who was Marshall County’s sheriff from 2010 to 2014, said he was “shocked” at the amount of animals seized by the office since Sheriff Billy Lamb took over in 2014.
Sherrard is an unincorporated community in Marshall County, West Virginia, United States. Sherrard is located on West Virginia Route 88, 3 miles (4.8 km) east of McMechen. It is named for politician and lawyer Sherrard Clemens.
It was 2019, and a contentious, mudslinging election for Jackson County, West Virginia sheriff was underway. In the blue corner, a Jackson County deputy named Ross Mellinger. In the blue corner, a ...
The law enforcement agency headed by a sheriff is most commonly referred to as the "Sheriff's Office", while some are instead called the "Sheriff's Department." [5] According to the National Sheriffs' Association, an American sheriff's advocacy group, there were 3,081 sheriff's offices as of 2015. [6]
Sheriff Shawn ‘Mickey’ Stines has proudly served the people of Letcher County for over 22 years. He expresses his heartfelt appreciation and love for the support this community has given him ...