- (a) Need of the family of a law enforcement officer must be established and may be demonstrated as an inability to remit payment for outstanding regular bills or expenses and/or extraordinary expenses that otherwise would not have been incurred or would have been satisfied had the law enforcement officer not been killed or diagnosed with a terminal illness.
- (b) Salary of the Arkansas-certified law enforcement officer must be provided to determine the financial impact to the family upon the officer’s inability to contribute his or her salary.
- (c) At the time of the death or diagnosis, the officer must have been an active employee of a law enforcement agency located in the State of Arkansas.