The designation means Jeffrey Smith’s family is eligible for federal benefits.
Rioters loyal to President Donald Trump rally at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021.
“I could have given up. But I did not want any future widow, or widower, to ever go through what I went through in the aftermath of Jeffrey’s death,” said Erin Smith, Jeffrey Smith’s widow, in a statement. She spent years pressing local and federal officials to honor officers who die by suicide in the same way as any others who die in the line of duty.
Weber called on the White House and Secretary of the Army to allow Smith to be inurned next to U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick, who suffered two strokes and died a day after the Capitol Riot, at the Arlington National Cemetery. He also asked the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund Board of Directors to add Smith’s name to the law enforcement memorial as a line-of-duty death.
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