In 1999, Ben Westlund wrote and sponsored the legislation that created the Public Safety Memorial Fund.  The fund provides financial assistance to public safety officers who are permanently and totally disabled as a result of a line of duty injury, and to family members of the public safety officers who have been killed or permanently and totally disabled in the line of duty.

Our public safety officers are there for us when we need help and Oregon should be there in their time of crisis.

The Public Safety Memorial Fund applies to family members of police officers (including reserves), corrections officers, fire service professionals (paid & volunteer), parole and probation officers, and youth correction officers. The 1999 law outlines potential benefits from the Memorial Fund to eligible family members, as follows: death benefits, health and dental insurance benefits, educational scholarships, and mortgage benefits.

“This fund would never have been created without the leadership of Ben Westlund,” said Kelly Bach, President of the Oregon State Fire Fighters Council.  “This law has helped countless members of the public safety community and given us the piece of mind that Oregon will be there if one us fall in the line of duty.”

As Oregon’s next State Treasurer, Ben will push to modernize the fund by making it possible to give online donations and send e-mail updates about the fund to the public, press, and local safety officers.

Successes of the Public Safety Memorial Fund:

		Over $1 million dollars in aid has been given out in benefits to fallen and permanently injured public safety officers
		The fund has been well managed by the State Treasurer, maintaining a positive balance for nearly a decade without the use of any public tax dollars
		Oregon’s Public Safety Memorial Fund has helped 48 public safety officers or their families

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