THE FAMILIES of the two cops slain in Spanish Town, St Catherine, last Friday, are each entitled to a $14-million payout from the Government.
“Any benefits for police officers killed in the line of duty usually take up to five or 10 years, and sometimes, even after that, the families have still not received that money,” fumed one cop as he mourned the loof the cops at a bar in Independence City, Portmore, yesterday.
When contacted, Sergeant Patrae Rowe, chairman of the Jamaica Police Federation, declined to comment on the issue of late payment of death benefits for the slain cops as the timing was “inappropriate”.
Superintendent Leon Clunis, who heads the JCF team involved in the St Catherine state of emergency, and another cop were also shot and hospitalised.
In the meantime, investigators were yesterday still piecing together clues following the police killing of the main suspect in the Friday morning attack, Damion Hamilton, hours later in Cooreville Gardens, St Andrew.
