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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 6, 2012

Slain Missouri Trooper's Life Partner Fights for Survivor Benefits

The life partner of a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper killed on duty in 2009 has filed a lawsuit after he was denied surviving spousal benefits by the Missouri Department of Transportation and Retirement System (MPERS).

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 31, 2012

Maricopa County Sheriff Gives Family Survivors $64K

The Maricopa County (Ariz.) Sheriff's Office has given the family of a deputy killed responding to a burglary call a check for $64,000.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 29, 2011

Video: Mass. Denies Benefits To Police Widow

The widow of a Boston Police officer has been fighting the state for accidental death benefits for 13 years since her husband's death from Hepatitis C.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 1, 2011

N.D. Agency Reverses Denial of Death Benefit To Deputy's Widow

North Dakota Workforce Safety and Insurance has reversed an earlier decision denying death benefits for the family of slain Burleigh County Sheriff's Deputy Bryan Sleeper.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 22, 2010

Virginia Police Recruit's Widow Denied Benefits

The widow of 40-year-old Norfolk (Va.) Police recruit John Kohn is not entitled to receive any death benefits, after her husband died during police training.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 10, 2009

Schwarzenegger Reverses Plan to Cut Benefits to Police, Firefighters' Survivors

The proposed cut was tucked away in a list of state laws, known as mandates, that would be suspended if Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's latest budget revisions are adopted. It would have saved California $1 million.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 12, 2009

Police Survivors Group Says No Worries About Obama's Death-Benefit Cut

President Obama's proposed reduction of death benefits is "meaningless" and will not reduce the amount paid to survivors who lose their loved ones in the line of duty, according to a leading grief-support agency for law-enforcement families.

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