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RESOURCES:
Badge of Honor Memorial Foundation Website
Casualty Assistance Plan
Badge of Honor Support Resolution (.pdf)
Badge of Honor Casualty Assistance Plan (.pdf)
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Every
Police Chief is hopeful that their officers will return home
safe at the end of each shift. Unfortunately, the harsh reality
is that an officer is killed every 53.5 hours. Approximately
70 percent of the officers killed in the line of duty are members
of law enforcement agencies in small towns and rural counties
where the devastation can cripple whole departments and communities.
The work of the Badge of Honor Memorial Foundation to help
departments prepare a Casualty Assistance Plan in advance of
the loss of an officer, to assist the family members of fallen
officers to obtain all the statutory benefits available to
them and to provide each family coping with their loss with
a lasting symbol of recognition for the life of service the
officer courageously gave is a tremendous service.
As law enforcement executives, the members of the Oregon Association Chiefs of
Police take seriously our responsibility to provide officers with the training
and tools they need to remain as safe as possible while conducting their work.
We are also responsible to take action in advance of potential tragedy in order
to insure that the loss of an officer is not accompanied by the additional pain
and confusion caused by out of date beneficiary paperwork, poor planning and
complex benefit systems.
The Oregon Association Chiefs of Police endorses the work of the Badge of Honor
Memorial Foundation and we encourage every law enforcement agency in Oregon to
adopt a casualty assistance plan. See below for more information and for a casualty
assistance plan template. |
