About COP

Based in Washington, DC - COP provides the only full-time law enforcement/police voice in the US Congress in opposition to Modern Prohibition.   COP is unique, as it makes presentations to every Congressional office every year.   COP also assists other organizations to understand the police perspective of drug prohibition policy. 

COP’s mission is to educate Members of Congress and the Washington, DC federal bureaucracy that to reduce crime, death, disease and drug use, our  current federal drug prohibition laws must be repealed.   In addition, we provide information to state policy makers, criminal justice professionals, and the public through consultation, education programs, conferences, publications, the news media and the Internet.   COP also provides speakers to educational institutions and civic organizations of all kinds.

Board of Directors:

Karen  Anderson of Frederick, MD: Mother of two, grandmother of two, senior tax CPA,  drug reform activist since 2004.

Linda Carr of Madison, WI: Mother of two, accountant, graduate of the University of Wisconsin, concerned/active citizen since the ’70s.

Orrin Carr of Madison, WI: Father of three,  business man, University of Wisconsin graduate, concerned/active citizen since the ’70s.

Jerry Epstein of Houston, TX: former USMC officer,  businessman, graduate of Rice University, co-founder of the Drug Policy Forum of Texas and drug  reform activist since 1995.

Eric Sterling, Esq.  of Silver Springs,  MD:  Father of one, eight  years legal counsel to the US House Judiciary Committee, current presidident of the Criminal Justice Policy Foundation (www.cjpf.org), drug reform activist since 1990.  

Howard Wooldridge of Frederick, MD: retired police detective, graduate of Michigan State University, co-founder of  Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (www.leap.cc),  full-time advocate since 2005 in Washington, DC as the police voice in opposition to drug prohibition, drug policy reformer since 1997.  Fluent in three foreign languages.

Howard Wooldridge, a retired police detective and drug policy specialist currently represents COP in Washington, DC. Since 2006, he has been the only full-time police voice in DC calling for an end to Drug Prohibition. Please contact COP for more information or if you would like Detective Wooldridge to speak at your next event.

COP is a charitable organization formed for the purpose of educating the public and members of the U. S. Congress about current drug prohibition policy. It has tax-exempt status under Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3) .