DownedOfficers.com is dedicated to helping the families of police officers
Title
Downed Officer Support Ride
Description
The Downed Officer Foundation is a non-profit organization, dedicated to helping the families of police officers, deputies and firefighters, who have lost their lives in the line of duty, or who die of any cause while in the active service of their communities, with special emphasis on children and teens. The foundation works with any agency in the Southern California area, with plans of expanding to a larger area in the future. The foundation's services are to be offered to any agency at no cost to the agency or the survivors.
The Downed Officer Foundation was formed in July of 1999, by Sergeant Robert Norlemann of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. He saw a need in the law enforcement and public safety community, to provide emotional support to surviving family members of police officers, deputies and firefighters who die while in the active service of their communities. He observed, first hand, how the officers/firefighters agencies helped the survivors along through the funeral process, but then the agencies go about their business and the families are left to deal with the tremendous grief on their own.
The foundation is totally supported by donations from the public. The main funding comes from two events, put on by the foundation. These events are the Downed Officer Support Ride and the Downed Officer Motorcycle Show. The participants pay a donation to go on the ride, or enter their motorcycle in the show. At this time, we are not receiving any other donations from the public.
Contact
- Downed Officer's Foundation
- Neil Fischer, 20315 Rue Crevier #562
- Canyon Country, CA
- US 91351
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- (818)6060933
