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Ethan James

Love you: daughter's touching tribute to slain officer

Keith Smith's wife Janaha and daughter Ava paid tribute to the police constable at his funeral. (Sarah Rhodes/AAP PHOTOS)

An experienced police officer shot dead in the line of duty has been remembered as a kind, caring protector and someone who "had your back". 

Constable Keith Smith was killed on June 16 while approaching a home in Tasmania's northwest to deliver a court-ordered home repossession warrant.

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