Don't miss out on the opportunity to show your support for officers who have made the supreme sacrifice and officers who continue to work the violent streets of our nation. Every year Concerns of Police Survivors encourages law enforcement families, friends, and law enforcement agencies to decorate in blue lights for the coming holiday season. This year, Concerns of Police Survivors' largest corporate sponsor, Streamlight®, has created a blue candle with a blue light in support of Project Blue Light. 

Visit www.nationalcops.org to place an order online. Orders will be filled and mailed as they are received in December. Order now! Only 4,500 available. 

There were 191 surviving parents of America's fallen law enforcement officers at the October 29-November 1 annual Parents' Retreat at the C.A. Vines Arkansas 4-H Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. At the retreat, the parents attended grief seminars, debriefing sessions, and participated in outdoor activities presented by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and 4-H staff members; the programs help the survivors to learn new outdoor skills and rebuild self-esteem. Archery, fishing, nature photography, shooting sports, laser shooting sports, canoeing, outdoor/indoor climbing towers, and a wildlife hike helped participants deal with the difficulties they are experiencing from the death of their child and pushed the survivors to expand their comfort level by learning new skills.

Concerns of Police Survivors is proud to announce that a member of C.O.P.S. has been elected to the US Congress. On Tuesday, November 2, 2010, Sandy (Seton) Adams won the race for the 24^th Congressional District of Florida. Sandy became a member of C.O.P.S. following the death of her husband, Orange County (FL) Deputy Frank Seton, EOW January 4, 1989.  Sandy also served as an Orange County Deputy for 17 years and was elected to the state legislature in 2002.  She was one of the founding members of the Central Florida C.O.P.S. Chapter.  Following Frank's line-of-duty death, Sandy became active in citizens' and victims' rights issues and continues to champion those issues.

 

Sandy later married Judge John Adams and still takes part in C.O.P.S. events and understands the needs of America's law enforcement survivors.  Congratulations to Congresswoman Sandy Adams.

Thirty-one scholarship applications totaling $41,053 were awarded by Concerns of Police Survivors for the Winter 2011 semester. Since C.O.P.S. began the scholarship program in 1994, C.O.P.S. has helped 305 survivors in 46 states and territories with $1,087,258 being given in educational assistance. Several benefactors help C.O.P.S. provide these scholarships. This semester's funding came from National Pawn Brokers Association, TX; Northeast Florida C.O.P.S.; and Trinity of Dedication Foundation, WI.

Survivor Guilt and Its Effects on Co-Workers, presented by C.O.P.S. with support from Streamlight.