Concerns of Police Survivors Email Format
Individual and Family ServicesMissouri, United States51-200 Employees
Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.) is a mid-sized nonprofit in the individual and family services sector, based in Camdenton, Missouri. Founded in 1984 to support survivors of law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty under federal guidelines, it serves a nationwide community identifying as survivors. The organization provides programs at no cost to survivors to address the ongoing needs of families affected by line-of-duty deaths. C.O.P.S. runs age-focused programming, including a summer camp for children aged 6 to 14, an Outward Bound experience and an alternative camp-like retreat for teens 15 to 20, and retreats for adult family members and coworkers and their partners. A new initiative, Spouses for Couples, is planned to support surviving spouses who have remarried, and the group also hosts trainings and conferences on law enforcement wellness and trauma, such as Traumas of Law Enforcement Trainings, the National Conference on Law Enforcement Wellness and Trauma, and the National Police Survivors Conference.