Law Enforcement Tribute Act Program, FY 2004

Persons Eligible for Permanent Tributes

Killed or Disabled

Those eligible to be honored with permanent tribute grant funds include law enforcement and public safety officers who have been killed in the line of duty, and officers who have sustained permanent disabilities in the line of duty. Applicant jurisdictions may use their own internal policies, regulations, statutes, or practices to determine the minimum thresholds for, or circumstances surrounding, qualifying levels of disability or causes of death. Tributes may recognize one or more persons who meet the definition, regardless of the dates of their line-of-duty deaths or disabilities.

Law Enforcement and Public Safety Officers of the United States

Eligible persons include any officer, agent, or employee of a state, local, or tribal government who serves a public agency in an official capacity, with or without compensation, as a public safety officer, firefighter, or member of a public rescue squad or ambulance crew. Public safety officers include, but are not limited to, police, sheriff's deputies, correctional officers, probation and parole officers, and judicial officers. Volunteer firefighters and members of volunteer rescue squads and ambulance crews are covered under the program, as are federal, state, local, and tribal emergency management or civil defense agency employees.