A proposal to give health insurance coverage to the families of police officers killed in the line of duty comes 10 years after lawmakers guaranteed it after firefighters die.
The widows of three police officers yesterday urged state lawmakers to approve a bill.
The death of Green Bay firefighter Arnie Wolff in 2006 led to the requirement that local governments pay for premiums for spouses and children.
State firefighters union leader Mahlon Mitchell says he doesn’t know why police officers weren’t included back then. But he believes they should’ve been.
Ashley Birkholz testified at yesterday’s Senate hearing on the proposal. Her husband, Craig, was a Fond du Lac police officer when he was killed in 2011.
