Personnel
Like many police agencies nationwide, the shortage of sworn personnel in some counties has raised debates about the need for more funding to recruit more cadets. As of June 2010, the agency employed 659 sworn officers and 359 civilian staff members, making it de facto the largest law enforcement agency in West Virginia. Short in man power or not, the State Police is heavily relied upon to assist in some rural counties.
The State Police is and has been the only agency to operate a law enforcement academy in West Virginia. It trains its own troopers but also all other law enforcement officers from the state: sheriff deputies, city and college police officers, and motor carrier enforcement officers who are not part of the State Police like in some states, but have their own separate agency.
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“This woman is headstrong, obstinate and dangerously self- opinionated.”
—Report by Personnel Officer at I.C.I., rejecting Mrs. Thatcher for a job in 1948.