Photo by Angelo Merendino/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Attorney General Eric Holder told Department of Justice officials involved in a program awarding federal death benefits to state and local law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty to reach out to the families of the New York police officers killed on Saturday.
According to an official at the Department of Justice, Holder told those involved in the Public Safety Officers Benefits Program to contact the families of Officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos. Holder asked those officials to inform the families about the program and offer assistance in the submission of their claims.
Holder, the DOJ official said, wants the families’ benefits applications processed as quickly as possible.
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