SRA will be accepting Donations here at the Whittier office.
Please make checks payable to :
Sheriffs Relief Foundation
Memo: Fire Relief

You can also donate to the Red Cross:
redcross.org
1-800-RED CROSS (800-733-2767)
Or by texting the word CAWILDFIRES to 90999 to make a donation.
Your gift enables the Red Cross to prepare for, respond to and help people recover from these disasters.

Donate online to the Red Cross

Donate by mail / text / phone to the Red Cross

Sheriffs’ Relief Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, Tax ID #95-3779314

AN OFFICERS LIFELINE
CALL: (800) 267-5463

I wanted to provide you with information on CopLine a hotline that is beneficial to all police officers and their family members.  The topics of Officer Wellness and Resiliency for first responders is on the forefront of numerous Law Enforcement agencies across the nation and CopLine would like to do our part in spreading the word that Help and Support is only a phone call away.  CopLine is an international law enforcement hotline that is manned by retired law enforcement personnel.  It was established as a lifeline for police officers both active and retired across the country.  We are a non-profit organization providing 24/7/365 coverage of trained peer support volunteers for intervention along with referrals to vetted mental health professionals that specialize in the law enforcement community.

CopLine is a crucial life-saving program that will help numerous officers and their families during times of need.  We currently find ourselves in an international crisis, not only with police suicide but with the added stress and anxiety due to COVID-19 and the recent anti-police protests.  We deal with the many psychological stressors that officers and their families experience daily and we are available to them during their best and worst days.  CopLine provides the environment for officers to reach out for help because they know the line is anonymous, confidential and whom better to talk to than a fellow officer who understands the graphic violence and daily stressors he/she experiences, thus having the ability to comprehend and show empathy.

We are an outreach to those officers in need of support and outreach to retired officers interested in volunteer work willing to help with our program by answering the lines.  Our volunteers are comprised of officers from various ranks and agencies from across the country giving up their time to help fellow partners.  Working on the hotline is extremely satisfying and a great way to give back to those still serving our communities. 

I encourage anyone interested in supporting this great cause to visit our webpage CopLine.org.  Potential volunteers can go to our site and click on Volunteer in the upper right hand corner, then click on the LINK to complete a mandatory questionnaire.  Each volunteer must attend and complete a mandatory 40hr Active Listener training course with topics such as mental illness, trauma/burnout, life threatening illness, coping skills, grief/loss, suicide risk assessment and suicidology.  The training (40 hours) is at no cost to the volunteer which leads us to the topic of donations.  Each donation submitted either online or directly to CopLine is utilized for maintaining the hotline, outreach and training purposes.  At CopLine we distribute PTSD wallet cards, posters and flyers to police departments across the USA and Canada at no cost.  Our handout material is often the first time an officer has realized that our resource exists which is our opportunity to support officers in need.  Our training costs cover the services of trainers which consist of active police psychologists and suicide prevention specialists that conduct our 5-day training course.  Those donors interested in supporting this great cause can rest assure that our funds are directed towards the survival of the hotline.

Our next training class is tentatively scheduled for September 30, 2020 to October 4, 2020 (Wednesday-Sunday).  It is with great appreciation that CopLine has partnered with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.  The above listeners training course is being sponsored by the Sheriff’s Relief Association, specifically for 25 pre-selected retired sworn members from LASD.  A portion of the current CopLine volunteer pool actually consists of retired LASD personnel who have joined our CopLine family and readily give back to those still wearing the badge.      

If anyone has any inquiries please reach out to CopLine Founder/Director, Psychotherapist Ms. Stephanie Samuels at copline@optonline.net or director@copline.org.

If anyone has any questions feel free to contact Jim Alvarez (retired LAPD) at JAlvarez@copline.org.

As of January 1, 2021

If you joined:
a. Under the age of 45: $10,000 member; $5,000 spouse/dependent
b. Over the age of 45: $5,500 member; $3,000/spouse
c.  Retirees who were not members and/or did not continue their membership can join any time but will not receive mortuary benefits

*** The General Manager will handle all reinstatements and rehires on an individual basis

  Sheriffs’ Relief Association

Recruit Uniform & Equipment Voucher Program

The Sheriffs’ Relief Association has initiated a new no interest voucher program to assist new Los Angeles County Sheriff Deputy Sheriff recruits entering the Academy with the costs associated with the uniform and equipment purchases required upon entering the academy.  These costs can easily exceed $1,000.00 and can be a potential financial burden on new trainees pursuing a career with the LASD.  The program works as follows:

A recruit, upon being formally hired by the LASD Personnel Bureau, will be advised of the Uniform & Equipment Voucher program offered by the Sheriffs’ Relief Association.  They will be provided with a Recruit Purchase Sheet which will detail all the equipment required at some time during their training phase and the cost of the item(s) currently sold at either of the two SRA Emporiums located at the following locations: 
 

STARS Center Emporium                           Pitchess Detention Center Emporium
11515 Colima Road, Bldg B                       29300 The Old Road,
Whittier, CA 90604                                       Castaic, CA 91384  
(562) 946-7271                                            (661) 257-5320

 
The recruit can then respond to either of the above store locations and contact store personnel to arrange for the purchase of necessary requested list items. 
(One can purchase whatever they want that is on the list, but the voucher program only covers those items on the list and not other items sold at The Emporiums)
 
Voucher balances are then paid back to SRA at equal no interest payments over a period of one year via county payroll deduction.  In order to qualify for this program, all applicants must join SRA at the time of purchase. 
 
*** This program is limited to a one time visit and purchase at one of the two Emporiums by Deputy Sheriff recruits entering the Academy only ***

REQUEST FOR HISTORICAL PHOTOS

Sheriffs’ Relief Association has partnered with Moon Mullen supporting his website – the ‘Moon Site’ – as the official retirement site for sworn and civilian retirees of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.  Our financial support of this site has enabled Moon and his staff to greatly expand the information and content provided to retirees on his site.  

One major area of planned ongoing expansion is in the video and media library.  They are in the process of collecting historical photos and videos which includes Academy Class photos as well as Roundup photos.  Webmaster Rich Wilabee is currently collecting and organizing material into category folders which will hold literally thousands of photos.  Moon and his staff are working closely with SRA Board member and the current LASD museum curator, Mike Fratantoni, along with retired photographer, Chris Miller, to gather pictures for the library.  You, our members, can provide a significant source of assistance to this project by sending any department historical photos you may have to Moon and Rich Wilabee.  Moon recently put out an email to all his members specifically soliciting Academy Class photos and how to forward the same to him (see below).   Rich would additionally like your help in providing any other photos you would like to include in his growing library of historical photos.  These subject photos can contain, for example, a folder entitled “SEB/ESD” that contain historical photos detailing the history and exploits of this storied unit.  Many other special unit folders can also be created if enough photos are submitted to populate them.  Otherwise, these photos can be included in general department history folders. 

 

SRA has and will continue to provide financial and technical support to Moon and his staff in support of the ‘Moon’ website and the Roundup.  The goal of SRA is to ensure that when Moon is no longer able to support the activities he provides, SRA can step up and manage these functions.  In the meantime, we want to encourage you to also step up and help make this the very best law enforcement retirement site in the world.  LASD has a rich and proud history and thru this website we can ensure that our history is thoroughly documented and remains intact and fully functional for generations to come.

 

EMAIL FROM MOON:

In an effort to assist the Department Museum in preserving our history, we are looking for the following Academy Class photos for our website.  Any photos we receive, we will share with the Sheriff’s Museum.  The Museum has been gracious enough to share many of the pictures that we were missing originally.  If you have the pictures on your computer, you can just email them to me.  If you have the original and are not sure how to scan the picture, you can mail it to me and I promise to return it to you.  Or you can go to your local Costco and they will scan it onto a flash drive which you can then plug into your computer and email to me.  If all else fails, ask your grand kids.

Please send the photos in JPG format and not in PDF.
Academy Classes 53, 54, 55, 58, 59, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75, 77, 78, 80, 85, 86, 89, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97.
Academy Classes 101, 102, 103, 105, 109, 111, 112, 113, 114, 117, 118, 119, 122, 124, 127, 128, 133, 134, 145, 146, 147, 164, 166, 173, 189, 191, 193, 194, 197, 198, 199
Academy Classes 201, 202, 207, 208, 214, 215, 223, 224, 227, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 243, 244, 247, 248, 250
Academy Classes 251, 252, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 271, 272, 273, 275, 276, 277, 278 279
Academy Classes Any classes after 280 (we already have 280).