West Virginia Code
Chapter 8. Municipal Corporations
Article 14. Law and Order; Police Force or Departments; Powers, Authority and Duties of Law-Enforcement Officials and Policemen; Police Matrons; Special School Zone and Parking Lot or Parking Building Police Officers; Civil Service for Certain Police...

§8-14-1. Power and Authority With Respect to the Preservation of Law and Order; Police Force or Departments - §8-14-1. Power and authority with respect to the preservation of...

§8-14-2. Hours of Duty for Policemen in a Paid Police Department Under Civil Service; Overtime Compensation or Time Off; Municipal Emergencies - In any paid police department of any municipality now or...

§8-14-2a. Policemen Who Are Required to Work During Holidays; How Compensated - From the effective date of this section, if any municipal...

§8-14-3. Powers, Authority, and Duties of Law-Enforcement Officials and Policemen - The chief and any member of the police force or...

§8-14-4. Police Matrons - §8-14-4. Police matrons. The mayor of every city may appoint...

§8-14-5. Special School Zone Police Officers - PARKING BUILDING POLICE OFFICERS. §8-14-5. Special school zone police officers....

§8-14-5a. Parking Enforcement Officers - (a) A municipality or parking authority created by a municipality...

§8-14-6. Qualifications for Appointment or Promotion to Positions in Certain Paid Police Departments to Be Ascertained by Examination; Provisions Exclusive as to Appointments, etc.; Definitions - §8-14-6. Qualifications for appointment or promotion to positions in certain...

§8-14-7. Policemen's Civil Service Commission Generally - (a) In every Class I and Class II city having...

§8-14-8. Recorder Ex Officio Clerk of Commission; Clerical and Stenographic Services - The recorder of the city shall be ex officio clerk...

§8-14-9. Rooms, Stationery, etc., to Be Furnished by City; Appropriations Required - It shall be the duty of the mayor and the...

§8-14-10. Powers, Authority and Duties of Policemen's Civil Service Commission - The policemen's civil service commission in each Class I and...

§8-14-11. Rules and Regulations for All Examinations; Probationary Appointments - The policemen's civil service commission in each Class I and...

§8-14-12. Form of Application; Age and Residency Requirements; Exceptions - (a) The policemens civil service commission in each Class I...

§8-14-13. Character and Notice of Competitive Examinations; Qualifications of Applicants; Press Representatives; Posting Eligible List; Medical Examinations - All competitive examinations for appointments or promotions to all positions...

§8-14-13a. Individual Review of Test and Answers From Promotional Examination - (a) Any applicant for promotion to any position in a...

§8-14-14. Refusal to Examine or Certify; Review Thereof - The commission may refuse to examine an applicant, or after...

§8-14-15. Appointments From List of Eligibles - Every position, unless filled by promotion, reinstatement or reduction, shall...

§8-14-15a. Veteran Qualification for Examinations Required During Probation Period - (a) Any person who has served on active duty in...

§8-14-16. Noncompetitive Examination for Filling Vacancy; Provisional Appointment - Whenever there are urgent reasons for filling a vacancy in...

§8-14-17. Vacancies Filled by Promotions; Eligibility for Promotion; Rights of Chief - (a) Vacancies in positions in a paid police department of...

§8-14-18. No Inquiry Shall Be Made Concerning Political or Religious Opinions or Affiliations of Applicants, etc. - No question in any form of application or in or...

§8-14-19. Political Activities of Members Prohibited; Exceptions - (a) A member of a paid police department may not:...

§8-14-20. Removal, Discharge, Suspension or Reduction in Rank or Pay; Hearing; Attorney Fees; Appeal; Reduction in Number of Members - (a) No member of any paid police department subject to...

§8-14-21. Election to Determine if Civil Service Provisions of Article Shall Apply to Class III City or Class IV Town or Village; Existing Police Civil Service Not Affected; Certain Regular Members Automatically Covered - Any Class III city or Class IV town or village...

§8-14-22. Offenses and Penalties - Any individual who makes an appointment or promotion to any...

§8-14-23. Repeal of Conflicting Acts and Provisions; Civil Service Provisions of Article Exclusive; Status or Tenure Not Affected; Certain Members Automatically Covered; Continuance of Police Civil Service Systems - All acts, whether general, special, local or special legislative charters,...

§8-14-24. Right to Receive Complete Standard Uniform; Right to Acquire Badge; and Right to Keep Service Weapon - (a) A police officer, upon honorable retirement, is authorized to...