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§ 20-187.2.
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<br />Ba.d. ges nnd service side a~:~s of deceased or
<br />retir/ng members of State, city and county
<br />law-enforcement agencies; weapons of active
<br />members,
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<br /> (a) Surviving spouses, or ~n the event such members die ,~..~urvived by a
<br />spouse, surviving children ofmembere of No,ch Carolina State, city and coun~y
<br />Mw-enforcement agencies ~]led in the ]~ne of. duty or who are members of such
<br />agencies at the ~ime of their deaths, and retiring members of such agencies
<br />shall receiv~ upon request and at no cost to them, the badge worn or carried by
<br />such deceased or retiring members. The governing body of a law-enforcement
<br />agency may, in its discretion, also award rca retiring, mere. her or s .m~_ 'ring
<br />relative as provided herein, upon request, the serwce side arm of such
<br />deceased or retiring members, at a price detarr~ned by such gever~i,~g body,
<br />upon securing a perr-i~, as required by G.S. 14-402 et seq. or 14-409.I et seq.,
<br />or without such permit provided the weapon, shall lmve been rendered
<br />incapable of being fired. Go~,er-!~g body shall ~ean for county and local
<br />alcohol beverage control officers, the county or local board of alcoholic control;
<br />for all other law-enforcement officers with jurisd/ction llmi+,ed to a m,~,~dpal-
<br />ity or town, the city or to,v- council; for all other law-enforcement officers with
<br />countywide jurisdiction, the board of county comvn~ioners; for all State
<br />law-enforcement officers, the head of the department.
<br /> (b) Active members ofl~erth Carolina State law-enfercement agencies, upon
<br />change of type of weapons, may purchase the weapon worn or carried by such
<br />member at a price which shsll be the average yield to the State from the sale
<br />of slrnl]ar weapous during the preceding year. (1971, c. 669; 1973, c. 1424;
<br />1975, c. 44; 1977, c. 548; 1979, c. 882; 1987, c. 122.)
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<br /> ]~ditor's Note. ~ Sect/on 14-409.~, referred
<br />to in !h;p sect/on waz repealed by Session Laws,
<br />1995, e. 487, s. 4.
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<br />OPII~IONS OF ATTORN~:~ GENERAL
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<br />Badge ta Be Given to Officers Retiring with five years cred/table service, the badge
<br />on Disability. ~ Subsection (a)of this sect/on warn by the officer. See opinion of Attorney
<br />requires law enforcement agenc/es to g/ye an General to iVfr. Robert F. Thom~,, Jr., Pol/ce
<br />officer rstirin~ upon disability retiremont, with Attorney, ClOy of Charlotte, 50 N.CA.G. 77
<br />less ~- 20 years creditable sexy/ce er'only ' (1981).
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