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C.O.P.S. provides Hands-On Programs designed specifically for each survivorship to help rebuild their shattered lives. These programs allow survivors to receive support from peers who know how they feel, attend seminar sessions specifically designed for their needs and obtain resources to help them on their journey of grief and coping. Our programs are held in a relaxed setting that is removed from the stress of everyday life and are free for survivors to attend. The only cost to the survivors is their travel to and from the program.
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Thousands of people will be visiting Washington, D.C. May 10-16 to observe National Police Week and to take part in the activities. Included in this group are surviving family members and co-workers of America’s fallen law enforcement heroes.
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Each year, Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.) provides training to America’s law enforcement agencies on how to appropriately respond to officers and their families affected by line-of-duty trauma.
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Our local chapters provide peer support to survivors through direct contact with the families of officers killed in the line of duty.
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In this section you will find out more information about the special events C.O.P.S. puts on throughout the year.
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In this section you will find out more information about our staff and board members.
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C.O.P.S. recognizes that every law enforcement officer is subjected to crisis and tragedy as a part of their job. This conference focuses on law enforcement wellness and traumas.
Hands-On Programs
National Police Week
Law Enforcement Trainings
Chapters
Special Events
Contact C.O.P.S.
National Conference
NATIONAL POLICE WEEK
National Police Survivors' Conference
Each May, during the activities that comprise National Police Week, C.O.P.S. hosts the annual National Police Survivors’ Conference. Law enforcement survivors, co-workers and agencies from across the nation gather to meet others who understand how they feel, attend seminar sessions specifically designed for their needs, and hear presentations delivering inspirational messages on hope and survival.
The C.O.P.S. National Police Survivors’ Conference will allow survivors to realize they are not alone in their grief and give them the tools and hope to start rebuilding their shattered lives.
Sample of Sessions include:
- Dealing With Family and Friends that Don’t Get It
- Getting “Unstuck” From Trauma: Eye Movement, Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- It Isn’t Over When It’s Over
- Keeping Faith During Traumatic Times
- Law Enforcement Death Is Always So Traumatic - Why?
- Life Is Like A Dance - Sometimes You Lead and Sometimes You Follow
- Mending While Blending
- My Emotions - Is This Normal?
- Preparing for Trial and the Aftermath
- Putting my Marriage Back Together After a Line-of-Duty Death
- Reaching Out to the Newly Bereaved
- Resiliency - How to Survive in the Face of Trauma
- Running a Healthy Chapter - Back to Basics
- Single Parenting - When It’s Not By Choice
- Survivor Guilt - Why Do I Feel So Guilty?
- Teenagers and the Grief Process - Panel Discussion
National Police Week
C.O.P.S. served 4,854 Survivors at National Police Week 2017.
Other Resources
Peer Support ~ Survivor Benefits
Counseling Programs ~ Scholarships
Support C.O.P.S. ~ Printed Resources
Media ~ National Conference
C.O.P.S. National Office
Mail: P.O. Box 3199 -- Camdenton, MO 65020
Physical: 846 Old South 5 -- Camdenton, MO 65020
Phone: 573-346-4911 -- Fax: 573-346-1414
(our 800 number has been discontinued)
Email: cops@nationalcops.org
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.
DISCLOSURE: If you would like to help our organization by doing a fundraiser using our name, acronym, trademark or logo, or if you are with another organization and want to reference your support of C.O.P.S. in your organization’s materials, please keep the following in mind: Our organization has developed a proprietary interest in its name, acronym, trademark, use of materials and logo, and all uses of same require our prior approval. Please submit your proposals or requests in writing to our national office to the attention of: Concerns of Police Survivors, Inc., P.O. Box 3199, Camdenton, MO 65020. Any unauthorized use of our name, acronym, trademark, use of materials or logo can result in legal action. Only our national office can give consent, so please receive permission first. Copyright © 1996 Concerns of Police Survivors, Inc.
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