About COP

Incorporated in Maryland in August 2009, COPs provides the only full-time police voice in Washington, DC in opposition to Modern Prohibition.   COPs is unique, as it makes presentations to every Congressional office every year.  Thus, 95 per cent of COPs time is spent educating the Congress and their staff.    COPs 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 regarding the utter failure and futility of current federal drug prohibition laws.   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 assists drug policy reform organizations in Washington by providing a law enforcement perspective.   COP also provides speakers to educational institutions and civic organizations of all kinds.

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) .