Federal Line of Duty Death Benefits
• Federal Public Safety Officers’ Benefit – $422,035
(October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023 pursuant to 34 U.S.C. §10281)
• Federal Public Safety Officers’ Benefit – $389,825
(October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022 pursuant to 34 U.S.C. §10281)
• Federal PSOB Program – COVID-19 Update 
• Safeguarding America’s First Responders Act of 2020 Public Law 116-157
• Protecting America’s First Responders Act of 2021 Public Law 117-61
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• Federal Line of Duty Death Benefits
• Contact Information for Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Act:
Office of Justice Programs
Bureau of Justice Assistance
U.S. Department of Justice
810 Seventh Street, NW, Fourth Floor
Washington, DC 20531
(202) 307-0635
(888) 744-6513
Email: askpsob@usdoj.gov
Website: bja.ojp.gov
Indiana Line of Duty Death Benefits
• Indiana Special Death Benefit – $225,000
(effective after July 1, 2020 pursuant to IC 36-8-8-20)
• Indiana Special Death Benefit – $150,000
(effective until June 30, 2020 pursuant to IC 36-8-8-20)
| • Indiana Public Law 99 – Special Death Benefit Increase
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• Indiana Lump Sum Death Benefit – $12,000
(effective since July 1, 2008 pursuant to IC 36-8-8-16)
• Indiana Line of Duty Death Benefits
• Contact Information for Indiana Special Death Benefit Fund:
Indiana Public Retirement System
One North Capitol Avenue, Suite 001
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2014
(888) 526-1687
Fax: (866) 591-9441
Email: questions@inprs.in.gov
Website: www.in.gov/inprs
| For Additional Assistance Chapter and Survivor Support Federal and Indiana benefits packages were compiled by and used with permission from Concerns of Police Survivors. |
| A Note on the Criteria for Line of Duty Death Benefits The criteria used for the awarding any line of duty death benefits by any federal, state or local entity, or from other sources, are separate and distinct from the acceptance for inclusion to be honored on the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial or the Indiana Law Enforcement and Fire Fighters Memorial. Only the Criteria for Inclusion adopted by the Indiana Law Enforcement Memorial will be used to determine whether an eligible line of duty death exists to be honored on this website. |