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Law Enforcement Training

Concerns of Police Survivors, Inc. wants every agency to be prepared to handle the trauma of law enforcement death.  Trainings provided by C.O.P.S. can be as brief as a four-hour in-service training to as in-depth as a three-day session.

C.O.P.S.' four-hour training covers such topics as:

• Myths vs. facts about coping with the loss of a law enforcement officer.

• Support issues for the surviving family, the agency, agency personnel and their families.

• Being prepared with a General Orders for line-of-duty death.

• Regular updating of family information and beneficiary cards.

• Discussion of state/local benefits.

• Organizing financial matters.

• Officer safety issues.

• Symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

• Psychological/critical incident stress debriefing teams to address the needs of effected co-workers and co-workers' families.

• Spouse seminars and employee assistance programs.

• The survivors' perspective.

Geared toward officers who deal with the survivors, C.O.P.S.' all-day session includes the above topics as well as:

• Death notification: injury vs. critical injury vs. death.

• Assisting the family at the hospital.

• Support for the family during the wake and funeral.

• Cultural differences that influence law enforcement funerals.

• Providing information and assistance on benefits to the surviving family.

• Continued follow-up with the family.

• Department support for the surviving family awaiting trial.

• National Police Week activities.

• Individual officer/family issues the agency should address.

 

The Traumas of Law Enforcement

Concerns of Police Survivors has presented on average, 7 segments of the “Traumas of Law Enforcement” at various locations across the country.  This 3-day training has usually been funded through grants from the Department of Justice except for 2008 and 2009 due to reductions in grant amounts.  This training dedicates 1-day to preparing and handling line-of-duty death, 1-day to the cumulative stress on an officer, ½ day to police suicide, and ½ day to the “traumatized officer”.

C.O.P.S. has presented this training to over 10,000 individuals from law enforcement community.

2012 trainings will consist of 7 segments to be held in the months of January, February, and March in these cities:

January 9-11, 2012
Austin, TX

January 23-25, 2012
Fresno (Clovis), CA

January 30-February 1, 2012
Atlanta (College Park), GA

February 27-29, 2012
Chicago (Oak Lawn), IL

March 5-7, 2012
Rochester, NY

March 12-14, 2012
Salt Lake City (Sandy), UT

March 26-28, 2012
Pittsburgh, PA

Click here to download the brochure and registration form.

Click here for online registration.

Concerns of Police Survivors, Inc.

P.O. Box 3199 - 846 Old South 5 - Camdenton, MO 65020

Phone: 573-346-4911 - Fax: 573-346-1414 - Email: cops@nationalcops.org

DISCLOSURE: If you would like to help our organization by doing a fundraiser using our name, acronym, trademark or logo, or if you are with another organization and want to reference your support of C.O.P.S. in your organization’s materials, please keep the following in mind: Our organization has developed a proprietary interest in its name, acronym, trademark and logo, and all uses of same require our prior approval. Please submit your proposals or requests in writing to our national office to the attention of: Mariah Hughes, Executive Director, Concerns of Police Survivors, Inc., P.O. Box 3199, Camdenton, MO 65020. Any unauthorized use of our name, acronym, trademark or logo can result in legal action. Only our national office can give consent, so please receive permission first. Copyright © 1996 Concerns of Police Survivors, Inc.