Two families of fallen Florida officers who died during the manhunt for accused killer Markeith Loyd will receive vastly different pension benefits because of a difference between state and city policy.
Read More →Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick wants to give all Texas patrol officers ballistic vests that can withstand rifle rounds — and to exempt the spouses of fallen first responders from paying property taxes until they remarry.
Read More →The 100 Club of Chicago, which provides for the families of first responders killed in the line of duty, has announced a new partnership with Cale America, supplier of payment technology for parking and transportation in the Chicago area and throughout the United States.
Read More →A police board on Wednesday approved disability benefits for the family of Craig Tiger, a former Phoenix officer whose suicide became a rallying cry for changes in how the department handles PTSD.
Read More →Families of Florida police officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty will be eligible for additional benefits under a bill signed into law Friday by Gov. Rick Scott.
Read More →The federal government has reversed course and agreed to pay first-responder benefits for the widow and children of Kelley Chase, the Oklahoma City police recruit who died after a training accident.
Read More →Families of some Arizona officers who died in the line of duty are waiting more than a year for a large federal benefit payout from a program often criticized for being mired in red tape, and others might not qualify at all.
Read More →The National Rifle Association is increasing its Line of Duty Death benefit from $25,000 to $35,000. This benefit is automatically available to any current NRA Member, who is also a public law enforcement officer and is killed in the line of duty.
Read More →The widow of an off-duty tribal New Mexico officer who died trying to save a boy is entitled to receive workers' compensation benefits, a state appellate court ruled Tuesday.
Read More →The family of deceased Glendale police Officer Brad Jones was about to lose its health insurance through the city one year after the 27-year-old father of two was killed on the job.
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