Kim Manwarren, wife of slain policeman Sgt Hayden Manwarren, is yet to receive any compensation from the State or the Police Service. Manwarren spoke with reporters yesterday when Jack Warner, the former national security minister, paid her a visit to see the progress of a wall and gate which were being constructed at her home.
Warner assisted the widow to construct the wall with money from his own pocket after the Government turned down a proposal he had for the Unemployment Relief Programme (URP) to undertake the construction work after the widow expressed fear for her safety. Manwarren, an officer who was working at the San Fernando CID, was shot while on duty on February 19 in south Trinidad.
The shooting took place during a struggle with one of four men after Manwarren and other officers intercepted a vehicle. Manwarren said she was surviving by “the grace of God.” She and her husband had started constructing the wall at their Couva North Gardens residence but there was a property dispute that slowed the process.
However, Warner said he would make representation to the relevant authorities to have any benefits coming to Manwarren fast-tracked. Warner said he felt a sense of obligation to the Manwarren family since it was under his watch as minister of National Security that Sgt Manwarren was killed. Warner said Manwarren was also a witness to the only case coming out of arrests that took place during the state of emergency in 2011.