Final honour for fallen police officer at funeral A police officer who died when she jumped into a whirlpool to try and save someone else has received the state’s highest bravery award.
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Subscriber only A police officer who died when she jumped into a whirlpool to try and save someone else has received the state s highest bravery award in front of hundreds of grieving family and friends. Senior Constable Kelly Foster was posthumously bestowed the Commissioner s Valour Award for bravery at her funeral at Lithgow Uniting Church today. Mourners lined the streets of the tiny town where Sen-Const Foster was a devoted officer, as her hearse travelled behind mounted police and the bagpipes played.