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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 173
BY SENATOR WALSWORTH
A RESOLUTION
To urge and request that the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the office of state
police determine the benefits that are provided for enforcement agents and troopers
injured or killed during the commission of their respective duties and report those
findings to the Senate Committee on Judiciary C.
WHEREAS, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents and the office
of state police troopers are currently eligible for death and disability benefits if the injury or
death occurred during the performance of their duties; and
WHEREAS, wildlife enforcement agents and state police troopers perform duties
that are dangerous in nature and subject those law enforcement officers to hazardous work
conditions; and
WHEREAS, the Senate is aware of the above mentioned circumstances and
understands that because of the changing nature of conditions that law enforcement officers
face while working requires that a review be made of the benefits now provided; and
WHEREAS, other states currently provide varying benefits to law enforcement
officers and their families when the officer is injured or killed in the line of duty; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana always has been concerned about what happens to a law
enforcement officer's family when the officer is killed or injured while in the process of
performing the dangerous, complex, and split-second decisions that are now required in
combating crime; and
WHEREAS, the citizens of Louisiana have repeatedly shown that they want to
provide the best benefits for their law enforcement officers and lead other states around the
nation in providing benefits for those officers that will make a real difference should the
officer become disabled or die in the line of duty.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby urge and request that the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the office
of the state police review current death and disability benefits provided to their law
enforcement personnel and report their findings to the Senate Committee on Judiciary C no
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later than December 31, 2015, in order to address any death and disability benefit concerns
that might arise.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the deputy secretary for Public
Safety Services.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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