§ 14-47-129 - Dependents of killed police officer or fire fighter.
14-47-129. Dependents of killed police officer or fire fighter.
(a) Whenever a police officer or fire fighter of the city shall be killed in the actual performance of his official duties, the board of directors shall cause to be set aside for the use and benefit of his wife and children or others necessarily dependent upon him for their support, if they survive him, the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(b) This sum shall be paid in installments as shall be required and, in the judgment of the boards, as shall be deemed advisable.