About Us

The Correctional Peace Officers (CPO) Foundation is a national, non-profit charitable organization created in 1984. Its primary function is to preserve and support the surviving families of Correctional Officers who lose their lives in pursuit of their chosen profession of protecting the public from those remanded to correctional custody and supervision in the nation’s prisons and jails.

The CPO Foundation is a bona fide charity registered with the Internal Revenue Service under IRC 501(c)(3), 509(a)(1) & 170(b)(1)(A)(vi), ID No. 68-0023302.

The CPO Foundation is not a political action group or committee of any kind, nor is it affiliated with any political action group or committee of any kind, nor is it involved in any collective bargaining issues with any employee groups, associations and/or administrations.

It is the policy of the CPO Foundation that we do not recognize privatization in the field of Corrections. The CPO Foundation adheres to the policies of the Federal Government’s Department of Justice. Those policies recognize only law enforcement officers within the public sector.

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Mission Statement

The purpose of the Correctional Peace Officers (CPO) Foundation, Inc. is to operate and maintain a general fund for the perpetuation of the memory of those Correctional Peace Officers killed in the line of duty; to provide for their spouses, children or other beneficiaries; and to promote and project a positive image of the Corrections profession, both internally and to the general public.

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Purpose and Goals

  • To sustain, support and assist, per the dictates and within the legally designated bounds and parameters of The Correctional Peace Officers (CPO) Foundation by-laws, the surviving Spouse and/or Family of a Correctional Officer who is killed is the line of duty at the hands of an incarcerated felon or who dies as a direct result of an assault or altercation by or with such felon.
  • To promote and project a positive image of the Correctional Officer to the general public and within the profession itself.
  • To continue to increase Supporting Membership in The CPO Foundation.
  • To encourage sponsorship of The CPO Foundation among Corporate America’s businesses and industries that are interested in the welfare of Correctional Officers and Families, and in the strength and vitality of the Corrections profession.
  • To continue to implement and strive to expand The CPO Foundation’s Catastrophic Assistance Program for Correctional Officers and/or their immediate Families in times of need.
  • To encourage attendance and participation in The CPO Foundation’s annual Project 2000 gathering for Correctional Officers each June, which gathering includes The CPO Foundation Annual National Memorial Service for fallen Corrections professionals.
  • To encourage communication, fellowship and connection among Correctional Officers and Families nationally and internationally.
  • To be true and in all ways live up to The CPO Foundation’s motto: “Taking Care of Our Own”

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