Illinois C.O.P.S. offers financial assistance to attend National Police Week and Hands On Programs. Please download and submit appropriate form. If submitting for a child/minor, the parent or legal guardian must sign the acknowledgement on behalf of the child.
We encourage all our survivors to attend our National C.O.P.S. events and Hands On Programs. Please visit Concerns of Police Survivors, Inc website for dates and registration for National Police Week and all the different Hands On Programs.
If you're looking for information about National Police Week or reimbursement please go to the National Police Week Page.
In December 2018, the Illinois COPS Board voted to help with our family survivors attend their officer's state memorial. Eligible Family Members Include: Surviving Spouse, Children, Step-Children, Parents, and Step-Parents, Siblings and their Spouses, and In Laws and their Spouses, Significant Others/Fiancés, and Parents of Officer Minor Child/ren that reside in the state of Illinois. For those survivors of Illinois Fallen Officer's your hotel will be covered in Springfield. Please submit the Chapter Travel Form along with your receipt from the hotel. For Out of State Fallen Officer's families the chapter will reimburse up to $500 per household for travel expenses for you to attend your Fallen Officer's State Memorial.
All completed forms should be sent to:
Illinois Chapter of Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.)
7 Hunter CT
Montgomery IL 60538
or emailed to Contact@ilcops.org