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.

How do you help people in my community?

We help survivors and the law enforcement community all over the United States. Currently we have 47 chapters throughout the United States that are available for immediate support to the surviving families and law enforcement community nearby. 

The following is a list of the federal agencies whose law enforcement survivors C.O.P.S. has served over the past 10 years:

• United States Marshals Service, (USMS),
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),
• Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA),
• United States Secret Service, Bureau of Alcohol,
• Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Federal
• Bureau of Prisons (BOP),
• U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE),
• Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO), 
• Homeland Security Investigations (HSI),
• U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP),
• United States Border Patrol (USBP),
• Federal Protective Service (FPS),
• U.S. Department of the Interior – National Park Service,
• U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,
• U.S. Dept. Of Agriculture - Forest Service Law
• Enforcement and Investigations,
• Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources,
• United States Department of Defense - Marine
• Corps Base Hawaii Police Department,
• United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - Border Patrol,
• United States Department of the Interior -
• Bureau of Indian Affairs - Division of Law Enforcement,
• United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Prisons,
• United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations,
• United States Air Force Security Forces,
• United States Department of Justice - Office of Inspector General,
• United States Department of Defense - Pentagon Police Department,
• United States Naval Criminal Investigative Service,
• United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations,
• United States Department of State - Diplomatic Security Service,
• United States Environmental Protection Agency - Criminal Investigations Division,
• United States Department of Veterans Affairs Police,
• United States Department of Agriculture - Forest Service Law Enforcement and Investigations,
• United States Coast Guard Office of Law Enforcement,
• United States Department of the Interior -
• Bureau of Indian Affairs - Division of Law Enforcement,
• United States Department of the Interior - Fish and Wildlife Service - Division of Refuge Law Enforcement,
• United States General Services Administration - Federal Protective Service.

Why do you need my support?

Every gift makes a difference. 

Since 1984, C.O.P.S. has provided healing, love and life renewed for America's surviving law enforcement families.  Each year C.O.P.S. continues to advance its mission of giving our survivors hope and encouragement through our programs such as C.O.P.S. Kids Camp, C.O.P.S. Teens Outward Bound®, Spouses Retreat, Parents Retreat, Siblings Retreat, Co-workers retreat, the National Police Survivors’ Conference and many more.

We have seen lives changed for the better. With your support you are helping us fulfill our mission.  Your support will help pay for the C.O.P.S. programs the surviving families attend. 

C.O.P.S. provides resources to assist in the rebuilding of the lives of surviving families of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty as determined by Federal criteria.  Furthermore, C.O.P.S. provides training to law enforcement agencies on survivor victimization issues and educates the public of the need to support the law enforcement profession and its survivors.

How can I be sure that you will use my money wisely and won't waste it?

We provide our Tax Returns, Audit Report, and 990 to the public to show what our money goes towards.  We also keep track of program costs and attendance by state that is available to anyone that would like it.

Donations that are given to C.O.P.S. are used to continue to advance our mission of giving our survivors hope and encouragement through our programs.

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