Goals of the Society

Society Business Plan

The Police & Peace Officers' Memorial Ribbon Society is a not-for-profit national society that has been in the making since 1994, and incorporated November 14, 2000.

On January 1, 2008, the Society obtained it's status making it a national charity. The executive is made up of active and retired police and peace officers, and has 'friends of the society' who are sheriffs, corrections officers as well as other police and peace officers.

The Society is using the Peace Officers Memorial Ribbon, a blue over black ribbon looped at the top (similar to other commemorative ribbons) pinned in the middle with a generic badge, as a symbol of awareness and mourning for the death of Peace Officers, in general, while on duty.The black expresses the mourning of a loss, the blue stands for the 'thin blue line', and the generic badge represents all police and peace officers.The generic badge is emblazoned with a maple leaf, a Canadian symbol known and recognized worldwide.The Ribbon is generic enough to permit all uniformed and plainclothes police and peace officers to wear.

The Society hopes to not only make the Ribbon a national symbol, but also an international symbol of awareness and mourning, used whenever a Peace Officer dies in the 'line of duty'.

The Ribbon is also used at the 'Police and Peace Officers Memorial Day' (last Sunday of September) much like how the 'poppy' is used to represent the sacrifices of our war veterans on Remembrance Day.

Objective:

Police Officers, Peace Officers, family, friends and anyone who wishes to mourn and illustrate their support may wear this Ribbon.

All monies collected through purchases of the Ribbon, and donations, would go into the 'Peace Officers' Memorial Ribbon Society' trust account, which in turn would be used to accomplish the following:

1. To promote the effectiveness and efficiency of police and peace officers by having a ribbon campaign to raise awareness about fallen police and peace officers.
2. To assist the families of fallen police and peace officers in dealing with their grief by recommending and coordinating the necessary social services.
3. To give donations for charitable purposes to qualified donees as defined in the Income Tax Act.
4. To help establish memorials for fallen police and peace officers.
5. To provide scholarships to students.
6. To provide funds to needy families of fallen police and peace officers.