The Police Officers Safety Association, Inc. (POSA) is the training arm of the American Police and Sheriffs Association, Inc. (APSA), a tax-exempt non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.

In addition to our major focus of training, APSA offers two nationwide grant programs:
  • The Equipment Donations Program awards grants to under-funded police departments to help them acquire  equipment and supplies for safety improvement.
  • The Survivors Assistance Program provides assistance to families surviving officers killed in the line of duty.
To learn more about the programs and how to apply for grants, visit the American Police and Sheriffs Association Web Site


Every year in the United States, about 150 police officers are killed in the line of duty.

Every day, 150 officers are assaulted and 10 are shot at.

Over 180 police officers were killed while on duty during 2007,
the deadliest year in nearly two decades (except for 2001).

WHAT WE DO

POSA's mission is to increase the safety and effectiveness of law enforcement officers, and to enhance the security of our communities, by providing free and low-cost training to law enforcement officers. This training is available to any law enforcement officer.
While each agency provides quality training to the best of their ability, training budgets are limited. Additional training makes both our law enforcement officers and communities safer. Thousands of officers a month avail themselves of our free training programs.

HOW WE DO IT

POSA's free training is delivered in four ways:
  1. 1. Our primary training and education mechanism is through videos. We produce our own law enforcement-specific full-length (1 to 2.5 hour) video training programs on critical issues and distribute them free to law enforcement officers nationwide. They are free to download, or a physical DVD can be purchased for a nominal fee (to cover production and shipping). Subjects include, knife defense, close-quarter shooting, disarming, shotgun skills, force-on-force simulation, active shooter, bombs and suicide bombers, and more.
  2. 2. Shorter video tips (3-5 minutes) are produced and published for a national law enforcement audience on Officer.com, a leading law enforcement web portal.
  3. 3. Until June 2008, POSA published and distributed the POSA Journal of Tactics and Training, which compiled practical, forward-thinking material on the subject of law enforcement training and officer safety. To ensure broader distribution, we now regularly publish these same kinds of articles, also free to law enforcement, on Officer.com.
  4. 4. Free hands-on classes are conducted in our local area, either by request or to develop and refine our training programs prior to committing them to video.

POSA Cops4Kids MATCH AGAINST CANCER

The POSA Cops4Kids Match Against Cancer Program is a national expansion of the 2005/6 matches produced by POSA to benefit pediatric cancer research which raised over $83,000 for the Jimmy Fund/Dana Farber Cancer Institute.

Its continuing inspiration is the valiant struggle and eventual passing of 11-month old Isabella de Bethencourt.

Visit the COPS4Kids Program website to see how your organization can participate!




POSA is a partner with the Rural Law Enforcement Technology Center, a program of the National Institute of Justice and the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center. Together, we distribute POSA training programs to law enforcement agencies across the United States.




POSA and the Massachusetts Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors and Armorers Association have partnered to produce the Force-on-Force Simulation Instructor program. This course is approved by the Massachusetts Municipal Police Training Committee (the Massachusetts POST body.)




We are members of the following professional associations:

Law Enforcement Alliance of America

National Sheriff's Association

POSA is a strategic partner with Officer.com the leading source for current law enforcement information of all kinds.