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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.
State law enforcement agencies of West Virginia (5 P) Pages in category "State agencies of West Virginia" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
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 ...
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The West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation is an agency of the U.S. state of West Virginia within the state Department of Homeland Security that operates the state's prisons, jails and juvenile detention facilities. The agency has its headquarters in the state's capital of Charleston. [1] The state incarcerates 273 women per ...
In West Virginia, the county is the unit of government, although an unsuccessful attempt to introduce the township system was made in West Virginia's first constitution. Each of the state's 55 counties has a county commission , consisting of three commissioners elected for six years but with terms so arranged that one is up for reelection every ...
The West Virginia Department of Administration is a government agency of the U.S. state of West Virginia.The Department of Administration is responsible for overseeing a variety of programs and services relating to personnel, purchasing, technology, facility management, health and liability insurance, and real estate.