The object of the Trust, as stated in the Trust Deed, is "to assist in cases of need:

• dependants of police officers or former police officers who die or have died… as a result of an injury received in the execution of duty;
• police officers or former police officers who are, or have been…incapacitated as a result of an injury received in the execution of duty, or dependants of such officers".

http://pdtrust.org/