Police Officers + Families to Get FREE College in New York State

There is a new bill that is gaining some really big support and if you are considering being a police officer, you are going to love this.

There is a a massive shortage of police officers applying to take the civil service exams at every level--state, county and town.

The new bill hopefully will encourage more people to sign up and at least try and become a police officer. After a certain amount of time of being an officer, you would be offered free tuition to a 4 year college. If you are an officer and DO NOT use the benefits, than you could pass the benefit down to a dependent.

The Educational and Career Opportunities for Public Safety (EdCOPS) Act would allow a public safety officer who has served for eight years and commits to serving four more for the same employer would be eligible to receive financial assistance to attend a college or university.

 

An eligible officer would also be able to transfer unused education benefits to their dependent.

There is no details provided about which college or if you get to pick which one.

UPDATE: New York State officers would benefit because this would be a bill passed in Senate.