Spencer, West Virginia | Police Funding Database | LDF

Spencer at a glance

Population by race and Hispanic origin

Key	Awarding Agency	Amount in Dollars
	White, not Hispanic or Latino	2,047
	Black or African American	3
	American Indian and Alaska native	0
	Asian	58
	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0
	Two or More Races	21
	Hispanic or Latino	8

Full-time law enforcement staff, Spencer Police Department

4 Officers

Full-time law enforcement officers per 1,000 residents

2.02 Spencer
4.3 National average, cities with under 10,000 population
2.2 National average

These figures reflect the Spencer Police Department only, and do not include state or other police agencies that may be present in this location.

Federal grant funding for Spencer

Data was last updated October 15, 2023

We identified over $72.6K in federal grant funding, FY 2015-2025

Grant funding over time

Grant funding by federal department

Key	Awarding Agency	Amount in Dollars
	Department of Justice	$72,664

Recent grants

USA spending grants for: Spencer
Amount	Start and end dates	Recipient and description	Awarding agency	CFDA program	Type
$72,664.00	9/1/2014 8/31/2017	SPENCER, CITY OF CHP	Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs	16.710 Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants	Prime

Military equipment transfers

We were unable to locate any military equipment transfers for this location using the LESO Property Transferred to Participating Agencies database published by the Defense Logistics Agency. It is possible that this location has acquired military equipment for policing via other sources or programs.

Local police misconduct data, consent decrees, and settlements

Data last updated July 9, 2025

Settlements

We identified 1 publicly reported settlement that resulted in $1,300,000.00 in monetary compensation to victims.

Settlements
Year	Description	Outcome
2022	In 2021, Melissa Fields filed a lawsuit against Roane County Sheriff’s Deputy Mike King after the fatal shooting of her father, Michael Nichols. The case was settled for $585,000. In 2020, King came to Nichols’ front porch. King claimed that Nichols ignored his orders and reached for a gun, which was actually a decorative BB gun. In her lawsuit, Fields noted that the BB gun was used as a decorative spindle in the porch railing, which King should have known based on prior visits to the property. King, who was not wearing a body camera despite a policy requiring it, shot Nichols three times. King was not indicted for the shooting, and as of April 2022, he was still employed by Roane County and was one of their highest-paid sheriffs. Source Douglas Soule, "WV County Has Paid out $1.3 Million in Settlements for One Sheriff's Deputy.", Mountain State Spotlight, April 15, 2022	Compensation $1,300,000.00