Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 81-11-6 - Jurisdictional Reporting6.1. The purpose of jurisdictional guidelines for reporting crime statistics is to accurately depict the nature and volume of crime for a particular community or jurisdiction, not to claim or take "credit" for the number of investigations, arrests, etc. Throughout West Virginia there are several hundred law enforcement agencies, some of which have overlapping jurisdictions. To be certain that a crime is not counted more than once by overlapping jurisdictions, the following guidelines are to be adopted: 6.1.1. Arsons, explosions, and explosive related offenses investigated by the WV State Fire Marshal=s office and their subsequent arrests are to be counted by the State Fire Marshal=s office.6.1.2. Those campus police agencies that possess an ORI and are identified as a UCR contributing agency count crimes and their subsequent arrests that occur on college/university property. Campus police are to count arsons, explosions, and explosive related offenses and their subsequent arrests, if they are not investigated by the WV State Fire Marshal=s office.6.1.3. Municipal police departments count crimes and their subsequent arrests that occur within the city limits. If a crime occurs on college/university property which lies within the city limits, the municipal police department is to count the crime and arrest, if it is not being investigated by the campus police. Municipal police departments are to count arsons, explosions, explosive related offenses and their subsequent arrests if they are not being investigated by the WV State Fire Marshal=s office.6.1.4. County law enforcement agencies and state police detachments are to count crimes and their subsequent arrests that happen in the county outside the limits of the municipalities. County law enforcement agencies and state police detachments are to count arsons, explosions, explosive related offenses and their subsequent arrests if they are not being investigated by the WV State Fire Marshal=s office.6.1.5. A crime that occurs in one jurisdiction should not be counted by another campus police department, municipality, sheriff=s department, state police detachment or state fire marshal=s investigator, even though more than one agency participated in the investigation or arrest of the subject of that crime.