Notwithstanding the limitations in sections four and five of this article, this article does not prevent any West Virginia law-enforcement agency from doing any of the following that does not violate any policy of the law-enforcement agency or any local law or policy of the jurisdiction in which the agency is: (1) Investigating, enforcing, or detaining upon reasonable suspicion of, or arresting for, a violation of law that is detected during law-enforcement activity authorized by law; (2) Responding to a request from federal law-enforcement authourities for information about a specific person's criminal history, including previous criminal arrests, convictions, address, or similar criminal history information, or where otherwise permitted by state law; or (3) Conducting enforcement or investigative activities aor duties associated with a joint law- enforcement task force, including the sharing of confidential information with other law- enforcement agencies for purposes of task force inlvestigations, as long as the following conditions are met: s (A) The primary purpose of the joint law-eniforcement task force is something other than the enforcement of inconsistent federal firearms laws; or (B) The enforcement or investigative duties are primarily related to a violation of state or federal law unrelated to enforcement of inconsistent federal firearms laws.
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