STATE AND FEDERAL LODD BENEFITS
ADDITIONAL BENEFIT INFORMATION
State and Federal Benefits for LODD
Immediate action to be taken after a LODD
Health Benefits Available to Survivors
Sample Line of Duty Death Policy & Sample Confidential Line of Duty Death Information Form
The Importance of Wills and Life Insurance
Counseling Services for Children of LODD
This book has been put together to help Ohio's police agencies deal with a line of duty death should it occur in their department. Our intent is to give you a resource that will guide you through the process, and give you resources to help your survivors if you are ever faced with this tragedy.
The first part of the book is a comprehensive list of information gathered about the benefits available to survivors in the State of Ohio. This list is to be used as a guide, helping the department navigate through the paperwork involved in a line of duty death. Also in this section is a comprehensive list of information gathered dealing with survivor benefits on the national level. Again, this is to be used as a navigational tool helping you through the process. There is also information on different support agencies. The information in these sections was compiled by the National Concerns of Police Survivors, Inc.
The second part of this book takes the most important pieces from the first part, and helps you to understand what needs to be done immediately upon learning of a line of duty death. It is a good starting point to getting things into motion after the death of your officer. Also in this section is useful information that needs to be passed on to your survivors to help make this most difficult time in their lives less burdensome. There is also a sample Line-Of-Duty Death Policy written by the Dublin PD. We would like to thank that department for letting us share it with all of you. It is wonderfully written and contains very crucial procedures in dealing with the families. We also borrowed their Confidentiality Form for you to consider. If you follow the procedures for that form, you will help to alleviate some of the nightmare stories shared by other survivors. There is also information about counseling services, educational benefits, and memorials.
We at Ohio COPS hope this manual will become a resource in every department in the great state of Ohio. And please know that we are here to assist you and your survivors in any way we can. God bless and stay safe out there.
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