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- The Central Oregon Police Chaplaincy (COPC) was established under the direction of Chaplain Dick Stein in 1997.
- Pastor Jim Crowley, who at the time was the senior pastor of the Bend Church of the Nazarene, was already a volunteer Police Chaplain for the City of Bend Police Department.
- COPC applied for and was granted status as a 501c3 organization on April 16, 1999.
- The Central Oregon Law Enforcement Services (COLES) Board requested to contract with COPC for a full time Chaplaincy ministry to care for their agencies and personnel.
- On March 1st of 2003 the COPC board petitioned Chaplain Jim Crowley to accept the responsibility of fulltime Chaplain for the COPC and the agencies of COLES.
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