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§ 20-187.2. Badges and service side arms of de- <br /> ceased or retiring members of State, <br /> city and county law-enforcement agen- <br /> cies; weapons of active members. <br /> (a) Surviving spouses, or in the event such members die <br />unsurvived by a spouse, surviving children of members of North <br />Carolina State, city and county law-enforcement agencies killed in <br />the line of duty or who are members of such agencies at the time of <br />their deaths, and retiring members of such agencies shall receive <br />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- <br />enforcement agency may, in its discetion, also award to a retiring <br />member or surviving relative as provided herein, upon request, the <br />service side arm of such deceased or retiring members, at a p. rice <br />dete~-~ned by such governing body, upon securing a permit as <br />required by G.S. I4-402 et seq. or 14-409.1 et seq., or without such <br />permit provided the weapon shall have been rendered incapable of <br />being fired. Governing body shall mean for county and local alcohol <br />beverage control officers, the county or local board of alcoholic con- <br />trol; for all other law-enforcement officers with jurisdiction limited <br />to a municipali_t~, or town, the city or town council; for all other law- <br />enforcement officers with countywide jurisdiction, the board of <br />county commissioners; for all State law-enforcement officers, the <br />head of the department. <br /> (b) Active members of North Carolina State law-enforcement <br />agencies, upon change of type of weapons, may purchase the <br />weapon worn or carried by such member at a price which shall be <br />the average yield to the State from the sale of similar weapons <br />during the preceding year. (1971, c. 669; 1973, c. 1424; 1975, c. 44; <br />1977, c. 548; 1979, c. 882; 1987, c. 122.) <br /> <br />OPINIONS OF ATTORNEY GENERAL <br /> <br /> Badge to Be Given to Officers Re- <br />tiring on Disability. ~ Subsection fa) <br />of this section requires law enforcement <br />agencies to give an officer retiring upon <br />disability retirement, with less than 20 <br />years creditable service or only with five <br /> <br />years creditable service, the badge worn <br />by the officer. See opinion of Attorney <br />General to Mr. Robert F. Thomas, Jr., <br />Police Attorney, City of Charlotte, 50 <br />N.C.A.G. 77 (198D. <br /> <br /> <br />