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DeKalb police receive added life insurance benefit

By Mark Niesse
Aug 8, 2014

DeKalb County and Gas South announced Friday a $100,000 life insurance benefit for full-time police officers who die in the line of duty.

The policy for county police officers will be funded through DeKalb County’s existing partnership with Gas South, and Gas South is making additional contributions to cover all municipal and school officers.

The expanded life insurance policy is expected to include more than 1,000 officers throughout the county.

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Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.

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