Georgia § 42-3-9 - Retention of issued weapon and badge; survivor's rights to badge.
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§ 42-3-9. Retention of issued weapon and badge; survivor's rights to badge.
An employee leaving the service of DCS under honorable conditions who has accumulated 20 or more years of service with DCS as a community supervision officer, or 20 or more years of combined service as a parole officer with the State Board of Pardons and Paroles, a probation officer or supervisor with the Department of Corrections, and community supervision officer, shall be entitled as part of such employee's compensation to retain his or her DCS issued weapon and badge. As used in this subsection, the term "disability" means a disability that prevents an individual from working as a community supervision officer. When a community supervision officer leaves DCS as a result of a disability arising in the line of duty, such officer shall be entitled as part of such officer's compensation to retain his or her weapon and badge in accordance with regulations promulgated by the commissioner. A community supervision officer who is killed in the line of duty shall be entitled to have his or her DCS issued badge given to a surviving family member. The board is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations for the implementation of this Code section. (Code 1981, § 42-3-9 , enacted by Ga. L. 2015, p. 422, § 1-1/HB 310.)
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Section 42-3-9 ("Retention of issued weapon and badge; survivor's rights to badge.") is part of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the codified statutory law of Georgia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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