National Police Week
May 11- May 17, 2026
National Police Week (NPW) held May 11 – 17 each year in Washington, D.C. honors the service and sacrifice of U.S. law enforcement officers. On May 11 and 12, surviving families and co-workers begin arriving in Washington, D.C. for the events.
The first major event is the Candlelight Vigil hosted by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) on May 13. The service begins at 8:00 p.m. with the newly-engraved names being read.
Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.) hosts the National Police Survivors’ Conference on May 14 and May 16. This conference provides surviving family members and co-workers the opportunity to find support and understanding from other survivors, talk with mental health professionals, and attend seminar sessions that will help them and their family address their grief. Conference attendees leave National Police Week with a greater understanding of the grief process and the support available through C.O.P.S.
The Fraternal Order of Police and Auxiliary hosts the National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service at the United States Capitol on May 15. Surviving family members will have an opportunity to place a flower on a wreath honoring their fallen officer.
In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed Public Law 87-726 designating May 15 as Peace Officers’ Memorial Day, and the week in which May 15 falls as National Police Week. The law was amended by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, Public Law 103-322, signed by President Bill Clinton, directing that the flag of the United States be displayed at half-staff on all government buildings on May 15 each year. While the actual dates change from year to year, National Police Week is always the calendar week, beginning on Sunday, which includes May 15.
For more information and to register for National Police Week here.
WAStateC.O.P.S. Golf Tournament at White Horse Golf Club
Friday, July 10, 2026
The beautiful White Horse Golf Club at 22795 Three Lions Pl NE, Kingston, WA 98346, is the site of our 2026 golf tournament.
The tournament will be held on Friday, July 10, 2026.
This is a scramble format.
Registration opens at 8:00 am, with a modified shotgun start at 10:00 am.
Prizes will be awarded for First, Second, and Third place team finishers, $1000, $750, and $500, respectively
Entry Fee:
Each Golfer $175.00
19th hole only* $25.00
*post-tournament heavy hors d’oeuvres and awards ceremony
Entry Fee includes:
Green Fee Range Balls Goodie Bag Golf Cart Box Lunch
Box Breakfast Valet Bag Drop-off Service
The day also includes:
Contests (KP, longest drive, mulligans, Splash for Cash), Raffles
Traumas of Law Enforcement Training
Spokane County Law Enforcement Training Center
June 8 – June 10, 2026
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 traumas through the Traumas of Law Enforcement Trainings. At these trainings, instructors will present information that is important to America’s law enforcement agencies regarding appropriate response to line-of-duty death, disability, critical incidents, and police suicide.
At the conclusion of this training, the participants will have information about:
1. How an agency’s response to tragedy directly affects the level of distress of their officers and surviving family members.
2. How an individual officer’s pre-planning may directly affect the public safety officer benefit their family may receive in the event of their line-of-duty death.
3. How an officer can successfully navigate the cumulative stress caused by experiencing critical incidents throughout a law enforcement career and how their agency can assist with this.
4. The warning signs and symptoms of police suicide.
All of the participants in this training will be provided information about the available federal public safety officer benefits and their individual state benefits.
Some of the same issues that affect survivors come into play for officers with disabilities and those coping with trauma. Recognizing the importance of helping agencies provide appropriate support for survivors and injured or traumatized officers, C.O.P.S. provides this training free of charge. HOWEVER, PRE-REGISTRATION IS MANDATORY and participants are responsible for their own travel costs.
Suncatchers / Holiday Ornaments
We are thrilled to have worked with Supreme Whiskey Stones (owned by Chicago-area law enforcement officers) to produce and sell beautiful cut-glass suncatchers / ornaments featuring our chapter logo!
Purchase your WAStateC.O.P.S. ornament here ($25 suggested donation) or at any chapter meeting!
If you need your ornament(s) shipped, please contact us at Info@WashingtonStateCops.org, so we can make arrangements.
First Responder Whiskey Partnership
We are excited to announce that we have partnered with law-enforcement-friendly First Responder Whiskey Society to create a limited-edition Very Small Batch bourbon whiskey delivered in a commemorative whiskey bottle.
100% of the net proceeds of your purchase will be donated back to our chapter to support survivors in our state.
Please share this link with anyone who responsibly enjoys bourbon.
Cheers!
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Rebuilding shattered lives of survivors and co-workers affected by line of duty deaths, through partnerships with law enforcement and the community.
Washington State Concerns of Police Survivors (WAStateC.O.P.S.) is one of over 50 chapters of Concerns of Police Survivors.
National C.O.P.S. was founded in 1984, with our chapter incorporated in 1996.
C.O.P.S. chapters provide survivors the opportunity to offer and receive support from one another. Chapters fundraise in order to assist survivors to attend their specific weekend retreats, the Survivors conference at National Police Week, Surviving to Thriving conference and other events.
For information on how you can help Line of Duty Death (LODD) survivors living in Washington State, please contact us at Info@WashingtonStateCops.Org