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§ 20-187.2. Badges And service side m-~s of deceased or <br /> retiring members of State, city ~nd co~nty <br /> law-enforcement agencies; weapons of active <br /> members. <br /> <br /> (a) Surviving spouses, or in the event such members die ,m.,~wived by a <br />spouse, surviving ~ildren of members of North Caro!~n~ State, city and county <br />law-enforcement agencies killed in the line of. duty or who are members of such <br />agencies at the time of their deaths, and retiring members of such agencies <br />shall receive 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 ~y, in its discretion, also award to a retiring member or surviving <br />relative as provided herein, upon request, the service side arm of such <br />deceased or retiring members, at a price deter.~i~ed by such governing body, <br />upon securing a permit as required By G.S. 14-402 et seq. or 14-409.1 et seq., <br />or without such permit provided the weapon shall have been rendered <br />incapable of being fired. Governing body shall mean 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 jurisdiction limited to a <br />ity or town, the city or town council; for all other law-enforcement officers with <br />county~de jurisdiction, the board of county commissioners; for all State <br />law-enforcement officers, the head of the department. <br /> (b) Active members of North Carolina State law-enforcement agencies, upon <br />change of type of weapous, may purchase the weapon worn or carried by such <br />member at a price which shall be the average yield to the State from the sale <br />of s~rnilar weapons during the preceding year. (1971, c. 669; 1973, c. 1424; <br />1975, c. 44; 1977, c. 548; 1979, c. 882; 1987, c. 122.) <br /> <br /> Editor's Note. -- Section 14-409.1, referred <br />to in this section was repealed by Session Laws, <br />1995, c 487, s. 4. <br /> <br />OPINIONS OF ATI~ORNEY GEN'~RAL <br /> <br /> Badge to Be Given to Officers Retiring <br />on Disability. --Subsection (a) of this section <br />requires law enforcement agencies to give an <br />officer retiring upon disability retirement, with <br />less ~I~. 20 year~ crsditabls service or only <br /> <br />with five years credi~ble service, the badge <br />worn by the officer. See opinion of Attorney <br />General to Mr. Robert i~. Thomas, Jr., Police <br />Attorney, City of Charlotte, 50 N,C~.G. 77 <br />(1981). <br /> <br /> <br />