cop life insurance

[johnson5jr]

I am doing research for a movie I am writing, and I wanted to know what situation a police officer's family would be in the event of his death in the line of duty? do you receive any life insurance perks? is it different from department to department? does it depend on the number of years you serve? thanks in advance.

[DETSGT]

Where I worked in N.J. if you were killed in the line of duty your wife would get 3 X your yearly pay in a lump sum. My wife would have received somewhere in the area of 300.00.00