Shelley Jones, Executive Director
Shelley Jones graduated from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale with a Bachelor of Science in Administration of Justice, and went on to work as a Missouri Probation and Parole Officer. In 1993, she was hired as a patrol officer by the Columbia (MO) Police Department and 10 years later joined their new Motorcycle Unit. She retired as an Assistant Chief after 21 years of service.
In 2014, upon retiring from law enforcement, Shelley joined National C.O.P.S. as the Director of Operations. In April 2020, Shelley, with the blessings and support of C.O.P.S., started a new non-profit organization whose mission is to provide peer support and mental health support for families of officers who die by suicide.
Shelley is a surviving co-worker of Columbia Police Officer Michael Goldberg who died by suicide in 2007 and Officer Molly Thomas-Bowden who was killed in the line of duty in 2005.
