The Maryland Chapter of Concerns of Police Survivors is a sub-chapter of the national organization Concerns of Police Survivors, also known as COPS. The purpose of the Maryland Chapter of COPS is to provide peer support to law enforcement survivors by forming bereavement/growth groups where survivors can offer and receive emotional support, to aid survivors in understanding the judicial process, and to provide information about appropriate services which may exist within the local community.

The Maryland Chapter of COPS has many programs and services for survivors which include National Police Survivors’ Seminars held each May during National Police Week, scholarships, peer support, counseling programs, trial and parole support, death benefit information and other assistance programs. Any family member (wife, husband, son, daughter, parents, and siblings) of a law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty is eligible to use the services provided by the Maryland Chapter of COPS. Significant others, fiancés, other family members and co-workers are also recognized as survivors.

Our Mission

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

To learn more about Maryland Concerns of Police Survivors, go to:  www.mdcops.org