Violently Injured Police Officers Organization

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News

  • *Media Advisory* Police Shot in the Line of Duty Share their Stories December 18, 2018
  • VIPO Presents at Becker College November 13, 2018
  • An organization emerges to educate and advocate or permanently injured police officers November 13, 2018

Our Mission

Our mission is to provide peer support to law enforcement officers who have been seriously injured or have had to use deadly force in the line of duty. We provide support, information, and resources to these officers and their families in any way possible, to assist them in transitioning after suffering these physical and emotional injuries.

Our mission is to share our collective knowledge with our fellow police officers, so they have the tools they need for their road to recovery. It is our goal to provide this support and experience, especially to assist police departments throughout New England in establishing the proper policies, procedures, and protocols for line of duty deaths and serious bodily injuries.

Our mission is to bring change to existing laws by working with law makers to pass legislation that will provide benefits to law enforcement officers who are injured in the line of duty and forced to retire.

We hope our stories inspire other officers to fight to better this world and that any injured officer can continue to be the best that they can be as productive members of their communities.

About Us

The Violently Injured Police Officers (V.I.P.O.) Organization, founded by Massachusetts police officers, is a support group for law enforcement officers who have sustained serious, permanent injuries during a violent encounter in the line of duty.

V.I.P.O. is a recognized non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.

We Provide...

Peer support to law enforcement officers seriously injured in the line of duty and their families.

Peer support to law enforcement officers who have had to use deadly force in the line of duty.

A source of information about benefits available to assist the law enforcement officers injured in the line of duty.

Assistance to police departments in establishing line of duty death/serious bodily injury policies, procedures, and protocols.

We Educate...

The public, police departments, and organizations about the unique problems facing law enforcement officers injured in the line of duty.

Law enforcement officers seriously injured in the line of duty about the process of 111F and special legislation retirement process.

Police recruits and in-service training police veterans about the inherent dangers of police work.

About appropriate services which may exist within federal, state, and local governments.

Board of Directors

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Detective Mario Oliveira

Co-founder
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Detective Mario Oliveira is retired from the Somerville Police Department where he served for 17 years. In November 2010, Detective Oliveira was shot six times while serving an arrest warrant in Somerville. Since that day, he has dedicated his time to educating and assisting other law enforcement officers and their families on the inherent dangers of police work and how to cope with the tragedy of being seriously or fatally injured in the line of duty. Detective Oliveira is also the Executive Director of New England C.O.P.S. Read more about Mario's story...

Officer Bob DeNapoli

Co-founder bob Officer Bob DeNapoli is retired from the Woburn Police Department, where he served for 17 years. In September 2011, Officer DeNapoli was shot several times while responding to an armed robbery at jewelry store. To better prepare police officers and their families on how to cope with the dangers of police work, Officer DeNapoli has devoted his time to V.I.P.O. and providing support to other officers who face the same difficulties. Read more about Bob's story...

Sergeant John D. Magulas

Secretary
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Sergeant John D. Magulas is currently serving in his 27th year with the Essex County Sheriff's Dept. as a Deputy Sheriff / K-9 Division. Sergeant Magulas currently sits on a Massachusetts commission study on suicide prevention for corrections officers employed at Massachusetts Correctional facilities. Sergeant Magulas is also a co-founder of Protect Mass Children a 501(c)4 where he served as President and Vice President. In these roles with Protect Mass Children, Sergeant Magulas collectively worked with legislators and other organizations to pass and enact stronger laws in Massachusetts for the protection of children.

V.I.P.O. Advisory Board

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Chelsea Police Chief Brian Kyes
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Bedford Police Chief Robert Bongiorno
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Officer Mark Sirigano


Lt. Mark W. Schmink
Lt. Mark W. Schmink

V.I.P.O. Members

Officer Jared MacDonald


Officer Jared MacDonald

Bourne, MA Police

Sgt. Dic Donohue




MBTA Transit Police

Officer Jacklyn Person




Foxborough, MA Police

Lt. Brian O’Neill


Tewksbury, MA Police

Officer Jesse Hartnett


Philadelphia Police

Officer Philip Roselle


Norwalk, CT Police

Resources

Forms & Documents

Massachusetts Death Benefits

Line of Duty Death Policy

PSOB Checklist

Support Services to Families

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Links

Crime Victims Advocacy Council

Massachusetts Police Injury Attorney

Policerelief.org

PTSD Alliance

Accredited Schools Online Criminal Justice Guidebook for Veterans

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Line of Duty Death Information: New England COPS

Partners

On-Site Academy

The On-Site Academy is a non-profit residential treatment and training center for critical incident stress management. They serve emergency service workers who are in distress.

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QL+

The Quality of Life Plus program, known as QL+, was established in 2008 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization to foster and generate innovations to aid and improve the quality of life for those who have been injured in service to our country.

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Contact Us

Mailing Address:
VIPO
PO Box 48
Woburn, MA 01807

Support Us

Detective Mario Oliveira
[email protected]

Officer Bob Denapoli
[email protected]

Officer Mark Sirigano
[email protected]

Sarah Abbott, Ph.D.
[email protected]


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