Concerns of Police Survivors, Inc. (C.O.P.S.)

Concerns of Police Survivors provides resources for surviving families and co-workers of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty to rebuild their shattered lives; assists law enforcement agencies; educates public.

Why do we exist?

In 1984, a group of surviving law enforcement widows gathered to express the need for an organization that would support their families after their officer had been killed in the line of duty.  Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.) was born that year. 

C.O.P.S. is the one and only organization that helps the surviving families of fallen law enforcement officers heal emotionally.  Too often we hear that death benefits paid to surviving families are the answer, but benefits don’t bring about the emotional healing that occurs when survivors are free to express their feelings and share their grief with others who understand. 

What have you accomplished?

There are many families that C.O.P.S. has helped through their grief of loosing their loved one by giving our survivors hope and encouragement through our programs.   We’ve helped parents, widows, children, step-children, in-laws, grandparents, fiancés, siblings, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, friends, and co-workers.

The following paragraph is a quote from Yvette Wallace, a surviving spouse of a DEA agent killed in the line of duty 

  “I came to C.O.P.S. Kids’ camp to get help for my son, Matthew.  But it wasn’t until he ‘graduated’ from camp that I realized how much help it was for me,”

This comment can be heard time and time again as tremendous healing for children and their parent takes place during that week.  The miracle of camp is strong peer support….one survivor reaching out to another survivor.  Coupled with professional counseling, this camp is often a life-altering event for the families of America’s fallen law enforcement officers.

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