[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 7775]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                RECOGNIZING CONCERNS OF POLICE SURVIVORS

 Mr. BLUNT. Mr. President, today I wish to honor the work of 
Concerns of Police Survivors, C.O.P.S., for 30 years of service to the 
surviving families of America's fallen law enforcement officers. In 
1984, Suzie Sawyer started C.O.P.S. as a small grief support 
organization of 110 law enforcement survivors in the basement of her 
Prince George's County, MD, home. Following the retirement of her 
husband from the Prince George's County Police Department, C.O.P.S. 
relocated its national headquarters to Camdenton, MO, in 1993, where it 
has since grown, unfortunately every year, to serve over 30,000 
surviving law enforcement families across the country at annual 
seminars and retreats. With 50 national chapters and a yearly budget of 
$3.4 million collected from private donations and awarded grants, 
C.O.P.S. assists with rebuilding the lives of surviving families and 
coworkers of law enforcement officers who have died in the line of 
duty.
  I thank Suzie Sawyer for her dedication to this great cause and thank 
C.O.P.S. for 30 years of incredible service to grieving surviving law 
enforcement families and coworkers.

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