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Most employees will receive a $400 ($800 for joint returns) tax credit in tax years 2009 and 2010. You should see this credit almost immediately in the form of reduced taxes withheld from your paycheck throughout the remainder of 2009.

Police officers like most people don’t plan their taxes and then hope for the best. If you get a larger refund than expected, you’re happy, but if you’re forced to pay taxes, you’ll be disappointed. Tax planning gets rid of these surprises and as law enforcement professionals you know we don’t like surprises!

Editors Note: Every police officer knows how ugly divorce can be from the outside looking in, but we are also often faced with it ourselves. Chuck Rylant is a working police officer and a financial planner and this article gives some useful tips that can help other law enforcement professionals avoid more pain than [...]

It is urgent that you “act now.” You need to act now to get the basics of your financial life in order; but not because of state of the economy.

A secret that will help police officers increase their monitary savings from nothing to over $15,000 dollars per year, while still taking home more money.

Cops and other law enforcement professionals should learn the financial planning technique of paying yourself first to build financial independence and even wealth.

Whatever your financial health, CopsAlive knows that if you plan well and take care of yourself and your family first, you will be better able to take care of the people and communities you serve as a police officer.

Cops who want to create a long term financial plan might consider putting their energy into a business rather than just moonlighting for money.