See also:
• Mid-Atlantic Law Enforcement Survivors Weekend
• Gift from Within Articles
• COPS Scholarships
A Message from the DC-COPS President:
6/5/08
Hello everyone in the DC-COPS family. There are many important things happening in the near future that I'll be communicating to you in the next couple of weeks. I'll be letting you know about a general membership meeting / survivor get-together, our Golf Tournament set for Monday, August 18th, and reviewing our city's charter. However, this e-mail deals with an unfortunate turn of events that will affect all of us this summer.
Not too long after the Washington DC Chapter of Concerns of Police Survivors got its start in 1998, the group was in need of office space for meetings and to conduct business. Metropolitan area businessman Douglas Jemal of Douglas Development Corporation met Shirley Gibson at an event and after hearing of the our mission, he donated office space to DC-COPS. The office is in a building located at 1346 Florida Avenue, NW, which is the Booker T Washington Public Charter School for Technical Arts. It was a great space for us and has been for almost a decade.
I regret to announce, in a surprising turn of events, we have received an eviction notice and must vacate the office by August 1st. It was originally scheduled to be June 30 but I spoke with Mr. Jemal, who graciously granted us more time. He assured me it's nothing we've done as an organization - it is an economic issue and the space needs to be rented by someone else.
As you can well imagine this will make things tremendously difficult for us in the coming months, with our golf tournament approaching and other matters that need attention. More important than just the difficult move itself, we have to locate another office space within the city limits. As a close-knit organization, we face a daunting task and will be asking for assistance. Let's pray for a good outcome! If you have any questions or comments, please e-mail me at sterling@sterlsnet.com. (Don't hit 'reply' to this e-mail since it's a special news list message and will get rejected.)
DC-COPS definitely would like to thank Mr. Jemal and the Douglas Development Corporation for allowing us the use of the office space for as long as well had it. It served us very well.
Sterling Spangler
President, DC-COPS
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Mid-Atlantic Law Enforcement Survivors Weekend
Mid-Atlantic Law Enforcement Survivors Weekend (MALESW) is unique in that it recognizes the truly forgotten heroes: the survivors of fallen law enforcement officers. Survivors include family members and co-workers. The weekend focuses on law enforcement survivors from the following states: New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. However, in past years they have honored the requests of families that reside in our region and hosted families from Georgia and Colorado, in addition to those from the Mid-Atlantic region. MALESW is also different in that they recognize survivors from not just the current year, but those that were killed in the line of duty from the past. The event is hosted annually by the North Wildwood Police Department and is held in the seashore resort of North Wildwood, New Jersey. For more information, call 609-522-2411 or e-mail info@midatlanticsurvivors.org.
This year's MALESW has been scheduled for September 26 through September 28, 2008. More details will be posted soon at www.midatlanticsurvivors.org.
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Gift from Within Articles
Dr. Beverly Anderson of the Metropolitan Police Employee Assistance Program is a member of Gift From Within's board of advisors. Gift From Within is a nonprofit organization was founded in 1993 by Frank Ochberg, M.D., an expert in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PSTD). They are dedicated to those suffering from PTSD and their supporters including first responders. Gift from Within has posted several articles written by Dr. Anderson and others.
Visit the Gift from Within Web site.
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COPS Scholarships
COPS Scholarships are awarded three times yearly (Fall/Winter, Winter/Spring, and Summer Semesters) to surviving spouses and children of officers killed in the line of duty. For more information or an application, visit www.nationalcops.org/forms or call the COPS National Office at 573-346-4911.
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Washington, D.C. 20030-1549
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