Terms Used In West Virginia Code > Chapter 30 > Article 29 - Law-Enforcement Training and Certification

• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Approved law-enforcement training academy: means any training facility which is approved and authorized to conduct law-enforcement training as provided in this article. See West Virginia Code 30-29-1
• Chief executive: means the Superintendent of the State Police. See West Virginia Code 30-29-1
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• County: means the 55 major political subdivisions of the state. See West Virginia Code 30-29-1
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Exempt rank: means any noncommissioned or commissioned rank of sergeant or above. See West Virginia Code 30-29-1
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, or figures, whether by printing, engraving, writing, or otherwise. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
• Law-enforcement officer: means any duly authorized member of a law-enforcement agency who is authorized to maintain public peace and order, prevent and detect crime, make arrests, and enforce the laws of the state or any county or municipality thereof, other than parking ordinances, and includes those persons employed as campus police officers at state institutions of higher education in accordance with the provisions of §. See West Virginia Code 30-29-1
• Law-enforcement official: means the duly appointed chief administrator of a designated law-enforcement agency or a duly authorized designee. See West Virginia Code 30-29-1
• Laws of the state: includes the Constitution of the State of West Virginia and the Constitution of the United States, and treaties and laws made in pursuance thereof. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
• Municipality: means any incorporated town or city whose boundaries lie within the geographic boundaries of the state. See West Virginia Code 30-29-1
• Pre-certified law-enforcement officer: means a person employed or offered employment by a West Virginia law-enforcement agency prior to his or her initial certification by the subcommittee. See West Virginia Code 30-29-1
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Town: includes a city, village or town, and the word "council" any body or board, whether composed of one or more branches, which is authorized to make ordinances for the government of a city, town, or village. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
• Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
• West Virginia law-enforcement agency: means any duly authorized state, county, or municipal organization employing one or more persons whose responsibility is the enforcement of laws of the state or any county or municipality thereof: . See West Virginia Code 30-29-1