US · guidance
BOP Program Statement 3790.03 § 2
DEFINITIONS
a. Staff Deaths In-the-Line-of Duty: The death of a staff member while performing their duty.
It includes the death of a staff member who died at the hands of other persons and was
directly due to the performance of his/her duties for the Bureau, or a staff member’s death
that is the result of natural causes or due to an accident. This would include, but is not
limited to a stroke, heart attack, accidental death, etc.
Excluded are deaths caused by willful misconduct of the staff; death caused by the staff’s
intention to bring about the injury or death of himself or of another; or death proximately
caused by the intoxication of the injured staff member.
b. Death occurring Off-Duty: a staff member death that occurs when a staff member is not in a
Bureau work status, except as stated in 2a above.
History
PS 3790.03 dated 2022-08-11
Provenance
- Source
- bop.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-20
- Edition
- bop-ps-2026-09-20
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