{"id":2005704,"date":"2023-08-19T11:16:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-19T15:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-rules-metropolitan-police-officers-suicide-post-jan-6-a-line-of-duty-death\/"},"modified":"2023-08-19T11:16:36","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T15:16:36","slug":"doj-rules-metropolitan-police-officers-suicide-post-jan-6-a-line-of-duty-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-rules-metropolitan-police-officers-suicide-post-jan-6-a-line-of-duty-death\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ declares officer&#8217;s suicide post-Jan. 6 as line of duty death."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdoj-rules-metropolitan-police-officers-suicide-post-jan-6-a-line-of-duty-death%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2005704&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Tragic\u200b Death\u200c of a \u200cMetropolitan Police Officer<\/h2>\n<p>The suicide\u2064 of a Metropolitan Police officer in the aftermath of \u200cJan. 6 \u200dhas been ruled a line of duty death\u2062 by the Department of Justice.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffrey Smith, 35,\u2062 took his own life \u200don Jan. 15, which was supposed to be his \u2062first day back at work\u200d following the riot. His\u200c widow, Erin Smith, was ineligible for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-rules-metropolitan-police-officers-suicide-post-jan-6-a-line-of-duty-death\/\" title=\"DOJ declares officer's suicide post-Jan. 6 as line of duty death.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunters-world-biden-son-had-tentacles-in-dark-corners-of-the-world-far-beyond-china-ukraine\/\" title=\"Hunter\u2019s World: Biden Son Had Tentacles In Dark Corners Of the World Far Beyond China, Ukraine\">federal benefits<\/a> previously<\/a>, even though she believed his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/months-after-closing-beaches-newsom-smugly-suggests-people-hit-the-sand-for-their-mental-health\/\" title=\"Months After Closing Beaches, Newsom Smugly Suggests People Hit the Sand for Their Mental Health\">mental health<\/a> \u200dto have\u200c resulted \u2064from injuries incurred \u200cwhile assisting Capitol Police. The\u200d DOJ\u200d informed Smith Thursday that her husband&#8217;s death\u200b was considered\u2063 within the \u200deligibility of federal benefits via\u2062 the Public Safety Officer Support \u2064Act.<\/p>\n<h3>Social Security Update: \u2064Direct \u200dPayment Worth $914 Arrives in Two Weeks<\/h3>\n<p>Thursday was\u200d the one-year anniversary of President Joe Biden signing \u200cthe \u200dPSOS bill into law. The\u200b Public\u200c Safety\u200d Officers Benefit program extended \u200cits death\u200b and\u2063 disability benefits under the new law. Smith was the first to apply for benefits via \u200bthis law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen my husband \u2063died, I was denied the line of duty benefits that \u200che deserved,\u201d Erin said in a statement. \u201cBut I knew from the beginning that Jeffrey died in the line of\u200d duty \u200cfrom \u2063the \u2063injuries he suffered on\u200b January 6th.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Next, Smith is appealing the previous denial to have her husband inurned at Arlington National Cemetery. It would be up to the president and Secretary of the Army, Christine E. Wormuth, to approve\u2062 the\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lori-lightfoot-officers-were-trying-to-hijack-fallen-cops-procession-with-bagpipe-tribute\/\" title=\"Lori Lightfoot: Officers Were Trying To \u2018Hijack\u2019 Fallen Cop\u2019s Procession With Bagpipe Tribute\">official honor guard<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Examiner reached out to\u2064 the department&#8217;s Public Safety Officers\u2019\u200c Benefit Office for \u2063comment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here \u200cto read\u2062 more from The Washington Examiner<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This comes a little \u200dover a week since \u2063Tucker Carlson&#8217;s interview with former Capitol Police Chief Steven \u2062Sund. He \u200balleged\u2063 that \u200cChairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley was aware of threats made \u2064against members of Congress during the Jan.\u200d 6 riot and did\u200b not tell Sund.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump has been indicted for his attempts to overturn\u200b the 2020 election, \u200dwhich\u200d culminated on Jan. 6, \u200caccording to \u200cprosecutors, the day the Senate was slated \u2063to confirm the election \u200cresults.\u2064 Special counsel Jack Smith\u2064 has proposed a Jan. 2, 2024, trial date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Justice has classified the suicide of Metropolitan Police officer Jeffrey Smith as a line of duty death. Smith, 35, tragically took his own life on Jan. 15, the day he was scheduled to return to work after the Jan. 6 riot. 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