In 2008 a police wife from the Chicago suburbs wanted to create a site that positively empowered those who are supporting loved ones with a career in Law Enforcement: Arresting Hearts was born.

A year later, it was time for an overhaul and expansion. With the help and support of two other police wives, one from the Vancouver area, and one from a California suburb, we became the International Law Enforcement Family Support Association, Inc.

What you will find at ILEFSA, Inc. is advice and information, love, support and friendship, and a close knit community that is committed to helping others. The staff and members at ILEFSA, Inc. understand just how different the law enforcement life style can be because we all live it. This makes us uniquely qualified and committed to helping each other through the daily trials, tribulations and benefits associated with loving someone with a career in law enforcement.

The staff and members at ILEFSA, Inc. also plan to be positive influences in the international law enforcement community by expanding our philanthropic projects. Please visit the rest of our website for more information about who we are, what we stand for and what our future plans are.

Our website, forums and all of our programs have been made possible because of the generous donations from our members, benefactors and volunteer staff. We hope that you will join us in making new friends and further benefiting from this close knit international community of law enforcement supporters. Membership is available to anybody currently married to, engaged to, dating or related to anybody serving in law enforcement.

We are in the process of obtaining our non for profit status in the United States and anticipate completion of that process by the end of this calendar year. We are also researching how to obtain our non for profit status in Canada. Please continue to check our website and forums for updates on this exciting development.

New Membership Special: In celebration of our grand re-opening - All active new members will receive a free upgrade to the next Subscriber Level, after 30 days of active posting. Current members who refer a qualified new member will also qualify for the free Subscriber Level upgrade. To read about our different Subscriber Levels, please click on "Subscriber Level" under Membership on the left. This offer is good from January 1, 2010 - April 30, 2010. If you have any questions please email membership (at) ILEFSA (dot) org .