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DNR highlights natural resource police capabilities: K-9s, dive team and expanded swiftwater rescue deployments
Summary
DNR briefed the committee on Natural Resource Police staffing, specialized teams (K-9, dive, swiftwater rescue), recruitment/retention challenges and recent deployments supporting flood response in southern West Virginia.
Brett McMillian, director of the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, told senators the department’s natural resource police section has 126 authorized positions, with about 114 active and several vacancies the agency is actively recruiting to fill. He said training and specialized units—K-9 teams, a dive team and a swiftwater rescue capability—are central to the…
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