Mineral County sheriff Jeremy Taylor confirmed to the News Tribune Monday that he has also been employed as a full-time firefighter in Berkeley County since February.
Although the elected position of sheriff is considered a full-time job by the West Virginia State Code, Taylor said he had consulted with several officials and agencies before he considered taking the second position.
“I talked with the attorney general, I talked with the county commission, who was on board with it, I talked with Cody (prosecutor Cody Pancake), and I talked with the fraud division of the West Virginia State Auditor’s Office and the state Ethics Commission - all of whom told me I was fine,” he said.
“They just said I couldn’t do it if I worked within my own county.“