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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.
(573) 808-1404 Shelley.Jones@nationalsbs.org

Laurie Putnam is a co-founder of Survivors of Blue Suicide Foundation. 


Laurie is the Chapter & Survivor Support Director at Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.). She began her work with C.O.P.S. in 2009, left with their blessing in 2020 to start SBS alongside Shelley Jones. She returned to C.O.P.S. in November 2022.
Laurie.Putnam@nationalsbs.org

National President

Leslie Forbes, surviving spouse of Thomas Forbes, EOW 6/6/2011, City of Groton (CT) Police Department


Leslie.Forbes@nationalsbs.org

Survivor Advisory Council

Gina Arlington, surviving spouse of Brendan Arlington, EOW 1/21/21, Largo (FL) Police Department. 


Gina.Arlington@nationalsbs.org

Karen Bartling, surviving mother of Corey Shields, EOW 10/23/21, Schenectady City (NY) Police Department.


Karen.Bartling@nationalsbs.org

Chickie Erdmann, surviving spouse of William Erdmann, EOW 10/07/19, Nassau County (NY) Police Department.


Chickie_Erdmann@nationalsbs.org

Carrie Lawrence, surviving spouse of Andrew Lawrence, EOW 1/31/21, Kansas City (MO) Police Department.


Carrie.Lawrence@nationalsbs.org

Jules Pritchard, surviving co-worker of Tracey  Wiser, EOW 2/11/15, Maryland State Police.


Jules.Pritchard@nationalsbs.org

Sue Ruck, surviving spouse of William Ruck, EOW 5/13/22, Chicago (IL) Police Department.


Sue.Ruck@nationalsbs.org

Ashley Ubois, surviving adult child of Frank Ubois, EOW3/20/21, Sacramento County (CA) District Attorney's Office.

Ashley.Ubois@nationalsbs.org


Ashley is a surviving adult child of Investigator Frank Ubois of the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office (and ret. Sacramento Police Detective), EOW 3/20/2021. Frank was known in the Sacramento Metropolitan Area for his inter-agency collaboration, specifically in Auto Theft and Insurance Fraud. His passion for law enforcement meant so much to him, that he helped a number of people choose a career in law enforcement, as well as continue their investigative careers with the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office. If he was not in the office or in the field, Frank was with his family at a baseball game or poolside with a cigar and country music.


Ashley, whom Frank would take with him to preliminary hearings, trials, and sentencings during her school breaks, was drawn to the criminal justice field due to her father's passion. Ashley interned with a local police department and California Alcoholic Beverage Control during college.  Ashley is currently assigned to a specialized unit where she works closely with police agencies and teaches officers how to write reports and conduct investigations. Her father's passing greatly moved Ashley and the local police community; one of Frank's mentee's directed Ashley to Survivor's of Blue Suicide. She hopes that with her involvement in Survivors of Blue Suicide that other survivors will feel supported and heard.

Greg Wilcox, surviving spouse of Joseph Nagle, EOW 8/4/19, Boston (MA) Police Department. 


Greg.Wilcox@nationalsbs.org