Widow gets life insurance
THE widow of the late Sgt David Hale who was gunned down in Hela while on duty has been assured her eight children will be looked after by an insurance scheme called Police Legacy.
The message was relayed to her by Assist Comm of Police (human resource division) Sylvester Kalaut.
Kalaut, who looks after the welfare and general well-being of police officers, visited Cellina David and her family in Tari last weekend.
He was accompanied by Hela police commander Chief Inspector Ignas Augwi and deputy provincial administrator Eddy Yuwi.
He passed the police force’s gratitude to Sgt Hale for “serving the police force and the country, working under very difficult and treacherous circumstances” for 23 years.
He also gave the widow life insurance entitlements and haus krai contributions from the insurer and the late Hale’s comrades.
Kalaut started the insurance scheme in 2016 which covers more than 7,000 police officers in the constabulary.
He said they acted quickly in Hale’s case because of the “circumstances surrounding his death”.
“The constabulary has a scheme called the Police Legacy, which will cater for the school-aged children of the deceased police officer,” he said.
Kalaut hailed Hale as a “true hero killed in the line of duty”.
Sgt Hale is survived by his widow and eight children.
6 comments
Ass Comm Kalaut your your efforts are highly commandable with the Police Department for setting the insurance scheme,way to go.
Good to see some good news for the deceased’s family. Let self-less kindness prevail
This must apply to every widows they must get their life insurance, because they cannot get help from somewhere ,so it help them when they are death or in illness.
All widows in PNG must get life insurance.
A great inititive of the Police Department. This will be relief for the grieving wife and kids who have lost the only income earner in such unexpected circumstance. Thanks alot.
I think our policemen/women should be well equip to prevent fetal damage to the body.
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