Please donate to Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.)!
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of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.)!
Background:
Each year, between 140 and 160 officers are killed in the line of duty and
their families and co-workers are left to cope with the tragic loss. C.O.P.S.
provides resources to help them rebuild their shattered lives. There is no
membership fee to join C.O.P.S., for the price paid is already too high.
C.O.P.S. was organized in 1984
with 110 individual members. Today C.O.P.S. membership is over 37,000
families. Members include spouses, children, parents, siblings, significant
others, and affected co-workers of officers killed in the line of duty
according to Federal government criteria. C.O.P.S. is governed by a National
Board of law enforcement survivors. All programs and services are administered
by the National Office in Camdenton, Missouri. C.O.P.S. has over 50 Chapters
nationwide that work with survivors at the grass-roots level.
Programs:
C.O.P.S. programs for survivors
include the National Police Survivors' Conference held each May during National
Police Week, scholarships, peer-support at the national, state, and local
levels, "C.O.P.S. Kids" counseling reimbursement program, the
"C.O.P.S. Kids" Summer Camp, "C.O.P.S. Teens" Outward Bound
experience for young adults, special retreats for spouses, parents, siblings,
adult children, extended family, and co-workers, trial and parole support, and
other assistance programs.
C.O.P.S. knows that a
survivor's level of distress is directly affected by the agency's response to
the tragedy. C.O.P.S., therefore, offers training and assistance to law
enforcement agencies nationwide on how to respond to the tragic loss of a
member of the law enforcement profession. C.O.P.S. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit
organization. C.O.P.S. programs and services are funded by grants and
donations.