7-51-208 - Compensation for death of law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty.
7-51-208. Compensation for death of law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty.
(a) For the purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) In the line of duty means in the course of employment and in the actual discharge of the duties of the position; and
(2) Law enforcement officer means the sheriff, sheriff's deputies, or any police officer employed by a municipality or political subdivision of the state of Tennessee whose primary responsibility is the prevention and detection of crime and the apprehension of offenders.
(b) The estate of any law enforcement officer who is killed in the line of duty shall be entitled to receive the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000). Payment shall be made from the general fund after receipt by the department of finance and administration of a certified death certificate and an affidavit from the decedent's employer that the decedent was killed in the line of duty.
[Acts 2006, ch. 912, § 2.]