Mission Statement

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

About Us

New Mexico Concerns of Police Survivors (New Mexico C.O.P.S.) provides resources to help rebuild the lives of surviving families and co-workers of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty, as defined by federal criteria. The organization also offers training to law enforcement agencies on survivor victimization issues and works to educate the public on the importance of providing ongoing support to both the law enforcement profession and its survivors.

All donations made to New Mexico C.O.P.S. remain in New Mexico and directly support New Mexico survivors. Funds are used to assist with activities such as sending families to National Police Week in Washington, D.C., supporting the funeral response team, covering training costs, and other related survivor support initiatives.

About C.O.P.S.

Each year, between 140 and 160 officers die in the line of duty and their families and co-workers are left to cope.  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 87,000 survivors.  Survivors include spouses, kids, adult children, parents, siblings, fiancés, significant others, extended family (aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, grandchildren, grandparents, and in-laws), co-workers, and suicide survivors (as determined by the Public Safety Officer Support Act of 2022) of officers who have died 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 survivors’ weekends and camps, trainings, and other services are administered by the National Office in Camdenton, Missouri.  C.O.P.S. has 53 chapters nationwide that work with survivors 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 Adventure for young adults, special weekends for spouses, parents, siblings, adult children, extended family, 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. survivor weekends and camps, trainings, and other services are funded by grants and donations.

Board Members

President
Noëlle Ashoo-Levison
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Surviving Fiancé of BCSO Deputy Michael A. Levison
EOW 07.16.2022 

Vice-President
Bonnie Talbott"
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Surviving Mother of State Police Patrolman Damon Talbott
EOW 10.19.2001 

Secretary
Melissa Dorrance-Baray
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Surviving Widow of US C&BP Air Interdiction Agent Julio Enrique Baray
EOW 09.24.2007 

Treasurer
Suzanne Brookbrush
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Surviving Widow of San Francisco PD Inspector Kirk Brookbush
EOW 01.11.2000 

Trustee
Cheryl Schultz
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Surviving Widow of Pojoaque Tribal PD Patrolman Kevin Schultz
EOW 08.17.2002 

Immediate Past President
Kim Talbott
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Surviving Father of State Police Patrolman Damon Talbott
EOW 10.19.2001