The bureau shall have the power to contract and be contracted with relating to training and operation of state sheriff offices. The bureau may recommend policies and procedures to sheriff offices, including, but not limited to, those that promote cooperation between all state and local law-enforcement officers, eliminate duplication of work, promote the proper and efficient operation of the office of the sheriff and which seek to standardize operation of sheriff offices throughout the state. The bureau may propose legislative rules which adopt a standard badge, uniform and color for the motor vehicles used by the various sheriffs and deputy sheriffs of West Virginia.