NCJ Number
112913
Date Published
1988
Length
54 pages
Annotation
This pamphlet instructs police agencies in how to prepare and implement a sensitive and effective plan for responding to officer line-of-duty deaths, including services for the deceased officer's family.
Abstract
It covers informing and supporting the family, making funeral arrangements, and coping with the grief. Appendixes contain a State memorials list and compensation chart; information on Federal benefits, limitations and exclusions, and eligible survivors; and a suggested confidential form.