An officer with the Morgantown (WV) Police Department who was seen on a video posted to social media shooting a possum was "putting it out of its misery," after it had been hit by a car and severely injured.
Two law enforcement officers attempting to execute a search warrant were wounded by gunfire on Thursday.
A 25-year-old officer with the Elkins (WV) Police Department was shot with a rifle and wounded while effecting an arrest Thursday night.
A federal judge has acquitted a former West Virginia State Police trooper in a case alleging excessive force.
A man who is accused of making terroristic threats against the Beckley (WV) Police Department will remain in jail as he awaits trial, as a judge denied bond in a proceeding on Monday afternoon.
It began when Pocahontas County, WV, Sheriff J.P. Barlow was investigating a single-vehicle crash and was shot at by a man with a rifle Monday.
Born in Brazil and now a United States Citizen, Jorge Gurgel says he is proud to help police officers in dynamic situations by providing them with some training in his own skills learned in the gym.
The Wheeling (WV) Police Department has received an anonymous donation from a local company that will enable the agency to purchase video recording equipment, mobile cameras, digital cameras, and laptop computers.
According to the Cabell County (WV) Sheriff's Office, a 33-year-old man is accused of battery on an officer after an altercation with an officer and his K-9 on Thursday. Bradley Allen Moore has been charged with two counts of battery on an officer and obstruction.
Officers with the Beckley (WV) Police Department reportedly raised more than $6,000 for West Virginia Kids Cancer Crusaders, during a 'No Shave November' fundraiser.