West Virginia Code 25-5-18 – Firearms; capture of escapees; nonresident private correctional officers
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(a) Private correctional officers of a private contractor shall be authorized to carry and use firearms in the course of their employment only after completing a training course, approved by the commissioner, in the use of firearms in accordance with rules promulgated by the division.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 25-5-18
- Commissioner: means the commissioner of the Division of Corrections. See West Virginia Code 25-5-3
- Division: means the Division of Corrections of the department of public safety of West Virginia. See West Virginia Code 25-5-3
- facility: means any minimum or medium or maximum adult correctional institution operated under the authority of the division or of a political subdivision of this state, whether obtained by purchase, lease, construction, reconstruction, restoration, improvement, alteration, repair, or other means. See West Virginia Code 25-5-3
- State: means the State of West Virginia. See West Virginia Code 25-5-3
(b) Upon notification by the contractor of an escape from the facility or a disturbance at the facility, the state shall use all reasonable means to recapture escapees or quell any disturbance.
(c) When acting within the scope of their normal employment at the private prison facility, nonresident private correctional officers shall be deemed residents for purposes of section eleven, article six, chapter sixty-one of this code.