Need Help?
COTSO provides assistance to Texas security officers and their families when they are struggling to pay household expenses due to hardship or death. If you are in need of assistance, please follow the link above and complete our assistance form or email us. Once we receive your request and if it is necessary, we will contact you for additional information.
Please contact us with any questions or issues.
COTSO helps with:
In the Line of Duty Deaths
- Emotional support
- Funeral planning and financial assistance
- Provide a full honors option
- Provide the Honor Guard
- Survivor financial support
- Assistance obtaining Workers Compensation benefits & SSI Survivors Benefits.
Officer Deaths
- Emotional support
- Funeral planning and financial assistance
Critical Injury or Illness
- Emotional support for the officer and the immediate family
- Financial assistance
Fire or Natural Disaster (Principal residence)
- Emotional support for the officer and the immediate family
- Financial assistance
Other Programs Available
Scholarship Fund
Free Safety Vest Program
COTSO has always been about helping security officers and their families after a tragedy, but the security industry itself is about prevention. In order to prevent security officers from injury or death while on duty, COSTO has begun to implement new programs to train, advise and equip security officers. One of our new initiatives is this safety vest program. We believe if we can save the life of just one officer, then the program will be a great success!
