Category: News

Lora Hodges – Michigan Honor Guard

Laura Hodges shares what it means to her and her team to attend PROJECT 2000 each year as part of their honor guard team.

The National Honor Guard and Pipe Band

One of the highlights for many at PROJECT 2000 is the pageantry of the National Honor Guard and the performances led by the CPOF Pipe Band. Both interact with one another so flawlessly that you’d think they’d been doing it since the beginning of time. Gil Arizmendi, the bugler for the National Honor Guard Team, […]

Scholarship Awards

Congratulations to all of those awarded CPOF Scholarships for 2023.  Your scholarship checks are on their way.  On behalf of CPOF and our Board of Directors, congratulations! We are proud of you!

Postal Inspector Supervisor Joyce Liddell

In March of 2023, tornados swept through Mississippi and Louisiana and caused unprecedented destruction. Correctional Peace Officers Foundation’s field representative Vanessa Lee was there for those affected and shared her experience after meeting with many affected by the 64 seconds of destruction. Postal Inspector Supervisor Joyce Liddell of Central MS Correctional Facility was deeply affected […]

Marion Correctional Institution

On April 26, 2017, Correctional Sgt. Meggan Callahan at Bertie Correctional Institution responded to a trash can fire in the cell block. After Sgt. Callahan extinguished the fire using a fire extinguisher, the inmate who set the fire, ambushed her. She had wrote a disciplinary report for him about 30 minutes prior. He continued with […]

Avery Mitchell Correctional Facility

Warden Bret Bullis of Avery Mitchell Correctional was working at Mountain View Correctional in 2012 when Officer William Wright lost his life after a fall at work. Warden Bullis was introduced to CPOF when they stepped up to be there for the family of that officer. Warden Bullis was inspired to become a supporting member […]