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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 West Virginia State Police was first formed in 1919, at the direction of Governor John Jacob Cornwell, who deemed that a state-level law enforcement agency "was mandatory in order for him to uphold the laws of our state." Part of the compromise was the name of the organization: "West Virginia Department of Public Safety" was the official ...
Morgan County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,063. [1] Its county seat is Berkeley Springs. [2] The county was formed in 1820 from parts of Hampshire and Berkeley Counties and named in honor of General Daniel Morgan, prominent soldier of the American Revolutionary War. [3]
While chief of police for the Gauley Bridge Police Department, Larry Allen Clay Jr., 57, paid a woman $100 for sexual acts with her 17-year-old stepdaughter, according to prosecutors.
Sep. 7—PRINCETON — A long-time West Virginia State Police trooper has made a retirement transition to the role of chief deputy at the Mercer County Sheriff's Office. Former sergeant Alan ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court has vacated part of a finding that cleared five West Virginia police officers on qualified immunity grounds in an excessive force lawsuit, which ...
Paw Paw is a town in Morgan County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 410 at the 2020 census. The town is known for the nearby Paw Paw Tunnel. Paw Paw was incorporated by the Circuit Court of Morgan County on April 8, 1891, and named after pawpaw, [5] a wild fruit that grows in abundance throughout this region. On September 14 ...
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]