THE FOUNDATION WORKS WITH THE INDEPENDENCE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE THAT EVERY CIVILIAN AND SWORN MEMBER OF THE DEPARTMENT HAS ACCESS TO THE BEST EQUIPMENT AND TRAINING TO PERFORM AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS. TO ASSIST EMPLOYEES AND IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE INDEPENDENCE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH ECONOMIC HARDSHIPS DUE TO DEATH, DISABILITY, CRITICAL ILLNESS, OR OTHER CATASTROPHIC LIFE EVENT.