West Virginia Code § 4-5-8

Award of duty weapon upon retirement; disposal of other weapons used by
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staff.
(a) Upon the retirement of a member of the commission's investigative staff, the cochairs of
the commission shall award to the retiring employee a duty weapon used by the employee
when that employee retires honorably after having served:
(1) At least 20 years of actual service on the commission's investigative staff;
(2) At least 20 years in law enforcement and an additional 10 years of service on the
commission's investigative staff; or u
(3) Any period of service on the commission's investigative staff and retires due to total
physical disability resulting from his or her service to the commission.
(b) The award of the duty weapon shall be without charge to the employee or other
condition: Provided, That the cochairs shall not awlard a duty weapon to any retiring
employee whom the cochairs find to be mentally incapacitated or to be a danger to any
person or to the community.
(c) The commission has the sole authority to determine the manner of disposition of duty
weapons of members of the commission's investigative staff when replaced due to age or
routine wear. The commission may offer these surplus weapons for sale at fair market value
to any active or retired member of the commission's investigative staff who has been
designated to carry a firearm in the course of duties with the commission, with the proceeds
of any sales to be used to offset the cost of new weapons. Surplus duty weapons may also be
included as trade-ins toward the purchase of new weapons.

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