Injury on duty resulting in Death. The County will provide up to seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) for the burial of an employee killed in the line of duty. Death in the line of duty is defined as any action, felonious or accidental, which claims the life of a Humboldt County Sheriff’s Officer who is performing work related functions either on- duty or off-duty, In the event an officer of the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Officer is killed in the line of duty, the County will continue to pay the survivor the officer’s salary until the first workers compensation of life insurance payment is received by the survivor, for a period not to exceed six (6) months, unless extended by the County commission.
