Our Mission Statement reflects the strong belief that a healthy outcome for the survivors of officers killed in the line of duty begins with a caring, prepared agency. While no person or agency can be fully prepared for the trauma a law enforcement death inflicts, there are many things an agency can do to prepare for this possibility that will lessen the chaos that follows a death. Therefore, C.O.P.S. offers various programs and services providing training, reference materials, and guidance for agencies.

C.O.P.S. believes that a law enforcement death affects not only the surviving family and the agency, but the community as well. Project Blue Light, Law Enforcement Awareness Day (LEAD), and Blue Blood Drive are three public awareness campaigns to call attention to the risks involved in the profession and the sacrifices made by law enforcement personnel nationwide.

Take my Hand,               I'll Pull you Up

When we contact a newly-bereaved family, we understand the unique circumstances of a law-enforcement death.  We get it.  While no two survivors are alike, meeting someone who has walked where they now walk benefits a family immeasurably.  It provides hope for new survivors to see people who have made it through the devastation.

Especially for children, meeting a peer is very unusual.  They grow up feeling "odd."  COPS provides a strong friend network across the country for children whose grief changes with every milestone.

C.O.P.S. understands that grief takes many forms, anger  and laughter, determination and despair.   We don't judge.  We don't think you "should be over it" or tell you to "move on."  There is no right way people are "supposed to" grieve.  The effects of a line-of-duty death last decades.  Grief comes and goes in cycles.  What mourning looks like in the shock of the first year is different than it looks 20 years out while contemplating the officer's legacy.   Both are valid.

Contact us.  Someone has been where you are now.