mission and goals

Mission Statement

The mission of the Officer Down Memorial Fund of North Carolina is to assist with the financial burden that occurs when surviving family members of Law Enforcement Officers who have been killed in the line of duty begin the task of rebuilding their lives.

Officer Down memorial Fund of North Carolina is a non-profit organization dedicated to the survivors of fallen Law Enforcement Officers throughout the State of North Carolina. We hope to further educate the public of the need to support the variety of Law Enforcement Officers represented throughout the state of North Carolina and the survivors.

The ODMF has set forth its criteria for assisting families. ODMF Criteria.

Our Goal
Provide financial assistance to survivor’s families throughout the State of North Carolina.

Provide information for the survivors in coping with the emotional stress of a line-of-duty death.

Bring awareness to the survivors of North Carolina State’s death benefits.

Help current officers with information on how to organize their current financial materials and other affairs.

Establish the ODMF Scholarship with the intent to provide financial assistance to surviving children and spouses of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. In accordance with criteria to be established in the future.

North Carolina's Total Line of Duty Deaths Since 1971

468

Accidental: 2
Aircraft accident: 9
Assault: 12
Automobile accident: 54
Drowned: 2
Gunfire: 273
Gunfire (Accidental): 8
Heart attack: 22
Heat exhaustion: 1
Motorcycle accident: 17
Stabbed: 3
Struck by train: 1
Struck by vehicle: 13
Vehicle pursuit: 33
Vehicular assault: 18

Average tour: 7 years, 11 months

Average age: 38

By Gender:
Female: 5
Male: 463

NC Deaths in 2011

Automobile Accident: 1

Expolsion: 1

Gunfire: 1

Training Accidents: 1

	Police Officer Russell M. Willingham, Jr. Winston-Salem Police Department, NC EOW: Saturday, July 30, 2011 Cause of Death: Automobile accident
	Patrol Officer Elieser "Eli" Colonroche Sanford Police Department, NC EOW: Tuesday, July 5, 2011 Cause of Death: Training accident
	Investigator Warren "Sneak" B. Lewis, III Nash County Sheriff's Office, NC EOW: Thursday, June 9, 2011 Cause of Death: Gunfire
	Police Officer Fred Thornton Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, NC EOW: Friday, February 25, 2011 Cause of Death: Explosion

Stats were obtained from http://www.odmp.org

OFFICER DOWN MEMORIAL FUND

'Honoring the lives of those who protected and served us'