WAStateC.O.P.S. Spring 2025, chapter meeting

Saturday, March 29, 2025

11:00 am – 3:00 pm

Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (WASPC)

3060 Willamette Drive NE | Lacey, WA 98516

WASPC Executive Director Steve Strachan will be our special guest speaker, updating us on LEO-focused legislative action this session.

RSVP to Info@WashingtonStateCops.Org

At this important meeting, survivors will have input on:

*Budgeting our chapter’s reimbursement amount for members who attend NPW 2025 and/or the 2025 hands-on-programs

*C.O.P.S. national elections (region trustee and national president)

National Police Week

Police Week’s origins began on October 1, 1962, when U.S. President John F. Kennedy signed Public Law 87-726, a joint resolution of the 87th Congress.

The act reads: Pursuant to 36 U.S.C. 136-137, the President designates May 15 of each year as ‘Peace Officers Memorial Day’ and the week in which it falls as ‘Police Week.’

In 1994, U.S. president William J. Clinton signed Public Law 103-322, a joint resolution of the 103rd Congress directing that the flag of the United States be flown at half-staff on all government buildings on May 15.

National Police Week (NPW) is sponsored by three organizations:

    1. National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) (May 13th Candlelight Vigil).
    2. National Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Auxiliary (May 15th Memorial Service).
    3. Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.) (Survivor seminars May 14/16).

Registration is open for National Police Week. If you need help with registration, please reach out to us at Info@WashingtonStateCops.Org

We encourage survivors to plan to arrive on May 12 to recover from jet lag and depart on May 17.

Download our NPW Day-by-Day document from our Resources page. This details the main events of the organizing entities for each day for Police Week.

WAStateC.O.P.S will have chapter representatives at NPW to help – utilize our experience as being part of one of the three organizers of this important event.

Hands-on-Programs (Retreats)

Registration is open for all C.O.P.S. 2025 retreats.

We have posted links to each.

Spouses for Couples Retreat                                               March 21-24, 2025

Co-Workers for Couples Retreat                                         April 11-14, 2025

Suicide Survivors Summer Retreat                                     June 6-9, 2025

Adult Children’s Retreat                                                        June 13-16, 2025

Outward Bound Adventure                                                 TBD

C.O.P.S. Kids Camp                                                                 July 14-19, 2025

Young Adults Camp                                                                July 28-August 1, 2025

Fiancées & Significant Others Retreat                                August 15-18, 2025

Siblings Retreat                                                                      September 12-15, 2025

Spouses Retreat                                                                     September 19-22, 2025

Co-Workers Retreat                                                               September 26-29, 2025

Extended Family Retreat                                                      October 10-13, 2025

Suicide Survivors Fall Retreat                                              October 17-20, 2025

Parents Retreat                                                                      October 24-27, 2025

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!

We offer opportunities for you to help our LODD survivors

WAStateC.O.P.S. is registered to receive donations via Microsoft Bing, an automatic method of support by simply using your Bing browser. To sign up, visit Give.Bing.Com

Search for Washington State Concerns of Police Survivors

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You are now set up to donate to WAStateC.O.P.S. from your Bing internet searches.

Thank you!

We accept donations through Fred Meyer in-store shopping. Our Fred Meyer organization number is SA045. Link your Fred Meyer card to our EIN, 91-1616445, by visiting Fred Meyer Community Rewards

OUR HEROES

We are dedicated to providing exceptional service, advocacy, and peer support for surviving families, co-workers, and the law enforcement community for as long as they need us. Click the link below for our Washington State honored heroes.

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PROGRAMS

C.O.P.S. contributes to the emotional and psychological well-being of LODD survivors. Chapters financially assist survivors to attend support programs offered by National C.O.P.S. For more on C.O.P.S. programs, click on the link below.

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EVENTS

WAStateC.O.P.S. offers survivors professional help through events such as the Survivors conference at National Police Week, retreats, peer support and training. Visit the link below to see upcoming events locally or offered by National C.O.P.S.

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Washington State COPS

Rebuilding shattered lives of survivors and co-workers affected by line of duty deaths, through partnerships with law enforcement and the community.

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