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June 7, 2019
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What qualifies you as a public safety officer? I worked for 18 years as a Child and Adult Protective Services Investigator for the State of TN.

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Best answer by MargaretL

You do qualify as Public Safety Officer.

The term public safety officer includes law enforcement officers, firefighters, chaplains, and rescue squad and ambulance crew members.

For tax purposes, a PSO is defined as: "an individual serving a public agency in an official capacity, with or without compensation, as a law enforcement officer, as a firefighter, as a chaplain, or as a member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew."

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MargaretL
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Level 12
June 7, 2019

You do qualify as Public Safety Officer.

The term public safety officer includes law enforcement officers, firefighters, chaplains, and rescue squad and ambulance crew members.

For tax purposes, a PSO is defined as: "an individual serving a public agency in an official capacity, with or without compensation, as a law enforcement officer, as a firefighter, as a chaplain, or as a member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew."