Welcome to the 12th year of the Kentucky Women's Law Enforcement Network!
This organization continues to succeed in creating a network which promotes
career development. This has been possible through the hard work,
dedication and unity of the KWLEN members. I encourage
you to join us in our continued endeavor to empower, educate, train, mentor, and support our members in all facets of law enforcement service.
Angel O'Pell, President
2011 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Ramada Inn North - Louisville, KY
November 8 - 11, 2011
"Adapt and Overcome"
Click here to view the schedule of events, instructors and training.
KWLEN 2011 Service Project
This year's service project is going to be to present donated items to the Kentucky Chapter of C.O.P.S. (Concerns of Police Survivors). You can participate in this year's service project by bringing the following with you to the 2011 annual conference in Louisville:
- Monetary donations
- Gas cards (used for survivors to attend retreats and National Police Week)
- Children's toys (distributed at the Christmas dinner by Santa)
- Sponsor a survivor's retreat costs ($200-$300)
If you are unable to donate any of the above items, they can always use volunteers at the holiday dinner.
About C.O.P.S.
Concerns of Police Survivors, Inc. provides resources to assist in the rebuilding of the lives of surviving families and affected co-workers of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty as determined by Federal criteria. Furthermore, C.O.P.S. provides training to law enforcement agencies on survivor victimization issues and educates the public of the need to support the law enforcement profession and its survivors.
Each year, between 140 and 160 officers are killed in the line of duty and their families and co-workers are left to cope with the tragic loss. C.O.P.S. provides resources to help them rebuild their shattered lives. There is no membership fee to join C.O.P.S., for the price paid is already too high.
C.O.P.S. was organized in 1984 with 110 individual members. Today C.O.P.S. membership is over 15,000 families. Members include spouses, children, parents, siblings, significant others, and affected co-workers of officers killed in the line of duty according to Federal government criteria. C.O.P.S. is governed by a National Board of law enforcement survivors. All programs and services are administered by the National Office in Camdenton, Missouri. Chapters function in several states at the grass-roots level.
C.O.P.S. programs for survivors include the National Police Survivors' Conference held each May during National Police Week, scholarships, peer-support at the national, state, and local levels, "C.O.P.S. Kids" counseling reimbursement program, the "C.O.P.S. Kids" Summer Camp, "C.O.P.S. Teens" Outward Bound experience for young adults, special retreats for spouses, parents, siblings, adult children, in-laws, and co-workers, trial and parole support, and other assistance programs.
C.O.P.S. knows that a survivor's level of distress is directly affected by the agency's response to the tragedy. C.O.P.S., therefore, offers training and assistance to law enforcement agencies nationwide on how to respond to the tragic loss of a member of the law enforcement profession. C.O.P.S. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. C.O.P.S. programs and services are funded by grants and donations. Law Enforcement agencies and organizations who support C.O.P.S. at the $250 level or above will be identified as "Partners in Law Enforcement" with C.O.P.S. and will be included on a "Partners" banner that will be displayed at National Police Week.