The widow or widower of an active duty member of the police department who dies having attained the age and service requirements for retirement, or of a former member of the department who dies while receiving a pension either for disability or normal retirement, will receive, for the rest of his or her life, a benefit equal to 50% of the pension the officer was receiving or would have been receiving at the time of the officer's death. If there is no surviving spouse, or upon the death of the surviving spouse, then the surviving child or children under eighteen years of age, and any child under or attaining the age of twenty-three if a full-time college student, will receive the benefit. Full-time college students shall mean attending an accredited institution of higher learning and taking a course load of at least seven credit hours per semester.
(Ord. 825. Passed 10-9-84; Ord. 957. Passed 12-11-00; Ord. 1003. Passed 6-12-06; Ord. 1018. Passed 4- 14-08; Ord. 1061. Passed 7-14-14.)