July 2024. Blues Vol 40 No.7

A Mission of Giving Back

A Mission of Giving Back At ReLEntless Defender, they have made it a priority to donate a portion of all sales to various police charities. They pride themselves in always having at least one item in stock, where they have made the commitment to donate 100% of the proceeds to a police charity of their choosing. In addition, ReLEntless Defender initiated a program in which a sales portion of all Thin Blue Line flags sold, will go towards providing a Fallen Officer’s family, an embroidered Thin Blue Line flag, at no cost to them. A final gesture of remembrance to honor their ultimate sacrifice. They are always looking for ways to help, but consistently ask for the LE community’s assistance to identify those in need. In 2016, after learning about the deaths of several Dallas police officers, Slater and Delgado took action. “I worked all night to create a t-shirt design that I launched at 5:30 am,” Slater said. “Then, it started blowing up. We raised 0,000, which we donated to the surviving family members. Ten days later, officers in Baton Rouge were killed, so we did the same thing. Then, the team’s fundraising efforts started snowballing from there. We’ve had the honor of donating almost .3 million to surviving family members and other causes.” Now, Relentless Defender supports many families in need. “They find us,” said Delgado, whose father died in the line of duty three years ago. “We don’t start fundraisers for fallen offices now unless a law enforcement organization or family member contacts us.” Learning about the team’s philanthropic effort isn’t hard for people. Slater and Delgado also sit on nonprofit boards like the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund and Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.) Local Chapters. “We’re just heavily involved in the whole niche,” Slater said. “When an officer has been killed in the line of duty, someone will reach out and ask us to make memorial t-shirts to help them raise funds for the family. We’ve never turned anyone down.” While they have been familiar faces at several events as guests supporting survivors, the line-of-duty death of Danielle’s father has them now attending under new titles; Survivors. Danielle said, “C.O.P.S. has become more than a partnership, they have become family to us. Back in 2016, when we started the partnership, I never expected our bond to be this 84 The Blues - July ‘24

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