Project Blue Light
ProjectBlueLight began in 1989 when Dolly Craig wrote to the Philadelphia C.O.P.S. chapter to let them know she would be placing a blue light in her window during the holiday season to honor her late son-in-law, Philadelphia Police Officer Danny Gleason.
The idea has since been shared with C.O.P.S. chapters nationwide and grows bigger each year as survivors band together and remember the loved ones they’ve lost in the line of duty. Each year during the holiday season, C.O.P.S. asks citizens and law enforcement agencies to support Project Blue Light. It could be a single blue light in your window, a porch light, or an entire decorating theme in blue to show your support for law enforcement officers who have made the ultimate sacrifice in serving and protecting their communities. It also displays our thanks to those men and women in blue who continue to serve our communities 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and our hope that they return home safely at the end of the day.
The color blue is symbolic of peace.
If you or someone you know lost a loved one who is a law enforcement officer, participating in Project Blue Light can be a source of comfort or a meaningful way to show your support.
It can communicate that although your loved one is no longer celebrating the holidays with you, they are still present in your home and in your heart. It also demonstrates to other law enforcement officers that you honor their fallen brethren and appreciate their sacrifices. The holidays are a poignant and sometimes painful time period for officers and survivors who are missing partners or loved ones who have passed.
As the holiday season ends and we go into a new year, we hope you will consider remembering the law enforcement officers who paid the ultimate sacrifice to keep our communities safe. If you have any questions about ProjectBlueLight or are a survivor searching for resources, contact us at Info@WashingtonStateCops.Org.
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 ornaments featuring our chapter logo!
Purchase your WAStateC.O.P.S. ornament here ($20 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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National Concerns of Police Survivors
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 exist so survivors can offer and receive support from one another. Chapters fundraise in order to financially assist survivors to attend their retreats and the Survivors conference at National Police Week.
For information on how you can help Line of Duty Death (LODD) survivors living in Washington State, please contact us at Info@WashingtonStateCops.Org