Line of Duty Death Benefit. In the event of a bargaining unit employee's death in the line of duty, the designated beneficiary, beneficiaries or estate must receive the following lump sum payments:
Line of Duty Death Benefit. 34.1 If an employee is “killed in the line of duty,” the CITY agrees to pay the health insurance premium for dependents who are on the plan at the time of his death for twenty-four (24) months.
Line of Duty Death Benefit. If an employee is killed while on duty, either intentionally by another individual, or as a result of a motor vehicle accident or similar accidental event or occurrence within the line of duty, that employee’s designated beneficiary shall be entitled to a monthly pension benefit for the remainder of the beneficiary’s life. The benefit shall be calculated as if the employee had completed 20 years of service at time of death, or actual years of service, whichever is greater. It is understood and agreed that only an employee’s death from an event or occurrence while on actual duty shall be covered by this benefit.
Line of Duty Death Benefit. The Board, at no cost to the employee, shall provide to all full-time regular officers covered by this Agreement, term life insurance at face value equal to employee's base pay to nearest $1,000. Said insurance policy shall provide that coverage paid for an officer's death in the line of duty shall be double.
Line of Duty Death Benefit. In the event that a Syracuse University Peace Officer (“Officer”) is killed as a direct result of a “heightened risk incident,” the University may award a Line of Duty Death Benefit. The determination of “heightened risk incident” will be at the sole discretion of Syracuse University and will be based on, but not limited to, the following criteria, including input from the Department of Public Safety administration: • the incident occurred during a response to a dispatched call or as the specific result of an officer-initiated response to an incident that the Officer called in to the emergency communications center; and the response to the incident is the authorized responsibility of the Officer; and the Officer was responding appropriately within the scope of his or her training and authority; or • the Officer was physically attacked as the result of his or her law enforcement status. The Line of Duty Death Benefit will be awarded if the University determines that the death was the result of a qualified “heightened risk incident” and the survivors of the Officer have applied for benefits through the federal Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Act and any other potentially available federal benefit program. The amount of the Line of Duty Death Benefit will be $50,000. It will be distributed to the beneficiary or beneficiaries designated in the Officer’s University- sponsored basic life insurance benefit at the time of death.
Line of Duty Death Benefit. 6 If a Firefighter dies in the line of duty as determined by the United States Department 7 of Justice, in addition to other benefits that are available for a firefighter who dies in the line of 8 duty, including but not limited to the Federal Firefighter Death Relief Act, Social Security,
Line of Duty Death Benefit. Eligible survivors of a sworn employee in the Department whose death is a direct and proximate result of a traumatic injury sustained in the line of duty shall receive a life insurance benefit from the County in the amount of $100,000. In order to be eligible for this line of duty death benefit, the employee’s beneficiary(s) must apply for and be determined to be eligible for the line of duty death benefit provided by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Program: Death Benefits for line of duty deaths. Upon receipt of verification from the BJA – PSOB Death Benefit Program that the employee’s beneficiary(s) has been determined to be eligible for that line of duty death benefit, the employee’s beneficiary(s) shall receive the life insurance benefit provided for in this section.
Line of Duty Death Benefit. In the event an employee dies because of a line-of-duty injury received during the actual and proper performance of sanitation service and directly resulting from a characteristic hazard of such service, through no fault of his/her own, a payment of $25,000 shall be made from funds other than those of the Retirement System in addition to any other payment which will be made as a result of such death. Such payment shall be made to the beneficiary designated under the Retirement System or, if no beneficiary is so designated, to the estate of the deceased.
Line of Duty Death Benefit. In the event that an employee dies because of an injury incurred through no fault of that employee’s own while actually responding to, working at or returning from an alarm, a payment of $25,000 will be made from funds other than those of the Retirement System in addition to any other payment which may be made as a result of such death. Such payment shall be made to the estate of the deceased.
Line of Duty Death Benefit. In the event, an employee dies because of a line-of-duty injury received during the actual and proper performance of police service relating to the alleged or actual commission of an unlawful act, or directly resulting from a characteristic hazard of police duty, through no fault of the employee's, a payment of $25,000 shall be made from funds other than those of the Retirement System in addition to any other payment which may be made as a result of such death. Such payment shall be made to the beneficiary designated under the Retirement System or, if no beneficiary is so designated, to the estate of the deceased.
