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Cops Fundraise for Fallen Colleague
Fri, July 31, 2015
A month ago, we told you about Police Constable Jason Hall, the officer attached to Precinct 3 in Belize City who was the victim of a brutal assault by a civilian.

That attack happened near the entrance of Rhaburn Ridge Village at Mile 37 on the Northern Highway on Monday, June 29. That's where PC Hall had a blow out in his private vehicle on his way to work in Belize City. A man came along who offered to help him fix the flat tire, and as soon as they got it fixed, the man clubbed him over the head - and took off in the car, leaving the cop unconscious on the side of the road.

When he regained consciousness, he called for help, and was rushed to the KHMH for medical treatment. Since then, it's been a slow recovery, and in that time, the officer has incurred a medical bill that he must pay.

Today, his fellow officers chipped in with a barbecue fundraiser. 7News dropped by to see how it went:

Daniel Ortiz reporting
Inspector Fitzroy Yearwood and the other grill masters put the last of the 300+ pieces of chicken on the grill, they had just spent a taxing 10 hours there preparing the meat for a fundraiser.

Inspector Fitzroy Yearwood - Relief Commander #3, Precinct 3 "My crew and I have been here since 1:30 this morning and we plan to serve people Bar-be-que by 11am and we are almost through."

The purpose is to raise funds to help Constable Jason Hall cover his medical bills. Viewers may remember that he was attacked and clubbed over the head on June 30 by an imposter good samaritan who helped him fix a flat tire, and then stole his vehicle and drove it to the City.

Police say they caught Darren Gillett in the vehicle shortly afterwards. Police Precinct 3 is simply trying to help their fellow officer out with the medical bills he's stacked up while being treated for injuries suffered in that attack.

Inspector Fitzroy Yearwood
"PC Hall was assaulted where he lost his ability to eat and all sort of stuff and he have to be on a liquid diet. So we know that he accumulated a sizeable medical bill, while the department has help tremendously, we the members of team #3 and Precinct #3 itself, the commander Supt. Ms. Anderson, we decide to come together try to raise some funds to try to assist PC Hall who will be away from us for a little while. So we came up with the idea to do a Bar-be-que and we are selling it for $7 and we did proper advertisement we got our tickets out. Mr. Hall was a member of my team, one of my favorite drivers, very reliable, responsible. He would have been here on any ordinary day checking reports, servicing his community. But he just this person that I can rely on and he goes that extra mile, even when he is off duty and I call him in to assist, he never complains, he juts jumps into it. So he is tremendously missed and likewise I know he misses us. Yesterday he sent me a text that he wanted to see us yesterday when he came to doctor, but when we got to work we were working night instead of day. But that doesn't stop us. I will pay him a visit over the weekend because he is a member of our family. At Precinct 3, we treat each other like family, not as co-workers."

That respect that the young officer is already cultivating is the driving force behind an effort to make the most of this fundraiser.

Inspector Fitzroy Yearwood
"We sold a little more than 300 tickets, but we are hoping to see the entire 345 that we did here today."

The officers each gave a small donation to buy the chicken and other ingredients for the barbecue. That means that whatever money is made from the fundraiser is 100% profit, which can be donated to Constable Hall.

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