Senate Passes Hero Bill As Pro-Police Agenda Gains Momentum

police chief in Tompkinsville, Kentucky. On August 28, 2012, Chief Proffitt was gunned down in his driveway by a man he had arrested 10 years earlier.

His murder was determined to be direct retaliation for his police service—yet his family was denied benefits under the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits program because he had already retired.

“Even though his murder was a direct retaliation for his service in uniform, Chief Proffitt’s family was denied the benefits they deserved simply because he had already retired,” Cortez Masto said on the Senate floor. “To me, that is unacceptable.

And I know my colleagues on both sides of the aisle agree. ”