National Counseling Programs
Each May during National Police Week activities in Washington, DC, C.O.P.S. hosts the National Police Survivors' Conference. Law enforcement survivors from all across the nation gather for in-depth grief work and issue-oriented information sharing.
Break-out seminar sessions are offered so that survivors with like concerns and issues can work together, finding solutions to their common problems. Special sessions are offered for surviving co-workers, significant others, fiancés, and extended family members as well. Children under the age of 18 can participate in the "C.O.P.S. Kids/Teens" Program.
Examples of sessions include:
Organizing a C.O.P.S. Chapter and Keeping it Healthy
Surviving the Crisis as a Couple
Reaching Out to the Newly Bereaved
Am I Still a Bother/Sister?
Making it Through the First Two Years (Spouses, Fiancés, Significant Others, and Life Partners only)
Defining the Role of the Liaison Officer
Law Enforcement Death is Always so Traumatic, Why?
Preparing for Trial and the Aftermath
Journaling Your Way Through Grief
Tactics for Preventing Chronic Depression
Moving Forward with Clarity: The “Dear God” Letter
Being a Law Enforcement Officer and a Family Survivor
Resiliency
Co-Workers and Families-Easing Each Other’s Pain
Loss and Grief-Why Do I Feel This Way
Creating a Caring Agency






