From left: Superintendent Lynette Williams-Martin, Winsome Brown, Corporal Wayne Wallace, Rosalie Harris, the Reverend Courtney Walters, Renaldo Harris, Carol Wilson and Sherie Brown gather after a presentation to Renaldo and Rosalie Harris, the son and wife of Constable Phillip Harris, who died in a car crash in 2006. The presentation took place at the temporary office of Williams-Martin in Trelawny. - Photo by Richard Morais

FALMOUTH, Trelawny:

The family of Constable Phillip Harris, a policeman who died three years ago while on duty, is yet to receive money from Government but is now getting help from the family of another slain policeman.

Harris, who is from Trelawny, died in a police service vehicle accident on September 27, 2006, on the Bog Walk main road in St Catherine while on the job.

His widow, Rosalie Harris, said, "I am now not working and have received nothing, making it difficult for us."

in high school

Constable Phillip Harris - Contributed

Rosalie's son, Renaldo, is now in high school. However, under the initiative of Assistant Chaplain Courtney Walters and Corporal Wayne Wallace, her plight was identified and the family of slain policeman Sergeant Errol Brown, who was killed in Albion on December 5, 2007, who recently launched an education fund for such situations, has come to their assistance.

Renaldo was given an initial $35,000 and a commitment to help him for the rest of his three years in high school from the relatives of Brown.

The formal presentation was made at the temporary offices of Superintendent Linneth Williams-Martin at the Trelawny Multi-purpose Stadium.

family representatives

Representatives from Sergeant Brown's family are his sisters Carol Wilson and Winsome Brown and niece, Sherie Brown.

The police were represented by Superintendent Williams-Martin, who is the commanding officer for the parish, Assistant Chaplain the Reverend Courtney and Corporal Wayne Wallace.

"My brother was a good father and policeman and the family, including many others who are not here, decided to launch this fund in his honour," said Wilson.

Rosalie thanked the family for the help and the police for arranging it.