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Privacy for Cops Review, Pricing and Alternatives for Officers

Privacy for Cops is a nonprofit opt-out service for police officers and public officials that files removal requests under state officer-protection laws. If you want to see which people-search sites list your home address before you pick a plan, run the Deindex scan and get the exact listings in a minute.

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The short answer

Privacy for Cops is a legitimate nonprofit opt-out service for law enforcement and public officials, run by the Public Safety Assistance Foundation since 2008. Plans cost $19, $49 or $199 per member a month, or about 10% less billed yearly, plus a $124 setup fee on the two lower plans. It works in eight states with officer-protection laws.

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The honest picture

What Privacy for Cops actually is

Pricing

Essentials $19 a month or $17 a month billed yearly, Power $49 or $44, Elite $199 or $179, plus a $124 one-time setup fee on Essentials and Power. Family at the same address adds $5 a month.

Where Privacy for Cops is strong

Built only for officers and public officials, run by a nonprofit since 2008, with attorney-drafted removal documents that cite the officer-protection statutes in California, Colorado, Texas, Florida, Idaho, Nevada, Utah and New Jersey. Family at the same address costs $5 a month, and associations get group codes.

Where it falls short

Coverage depends on those eight state laws, so officers elsewhere may not qualify. You find and paste many of the links into the portal yourself, then recheck each site after six weeks, and there is no screenshot or report proving each removal.

Compared, honestly

Deindex vs Privacy for Cops

Every row below is something you can verify yourself on each provider's own site, including the rows where they are ahead. Where a fact is not published anywhere we could find it, the table says so instead of guessing.

Feature comparison between Deindex and Privacy for Cops
Feature Deindex Privacy for Cops
Free exposure scan before you pay Yes No No free scan; after you buy, the portal's name detection finds links and you submit them.
Legal basis cited per request (GDPR Art. 17 / CCPA §1798.105) Yes Partial Attorney-drafted removal documents under state officer-protection laws, in 8 states.
Before/after evidence locker (dated screenshots) Yes No Not provided; its FAQ asks you to recheck the site after 6 weeks and report it if still visible.
Monthly billing option Yes Yes $19/mo month to month, or $17/mo billed yearly, plus a $124 setup fee.
Family coverage (multiple people, one plan) Yes Yes Everyone living at your address for $5 a month ($4.50 billed yearly).
Evidence attached per removal Yes No Not standard; see evidence-locker row above.
Requests filed under state officer-protection laws Partial Yes Privacy for Cops cites peace officer statutes in 8 states. Deindex cites consumer privacy law (CCPA and state equivalents) and site policies, for anyone.
Household at one address for a flat add-on Partial Yes Privacy for Cops covers everyone at your address for $5 a month. Deindex Family covers up to 5 people for $588 a year.
Works in every US state, for anyone Yes No Privacy for Cops files in CA, CO, TX, FL, ID, NV, UT and NJ for officers and covered officials.
We find and recheck every listing for you Yes Partial Privacy for Cops has name detection, but its FAQ has you paste links and recheck sites after 6 weeks.

Results depend on each site's policy. Some removals are not guaranteed, by Deindex or by any provider in this category. See the full honest scope on our terms page.

How it works

How does Privacy for Cops work?

Privacy for Cops is run by the Public Safety Assistance Foundation, a California 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and has helped officers opt out of online directories since 2008. It leans on state laws that let peace officers and some public officials demand their home address be taken down. Today it files in California, Colorado, Texas, Florida, Idaho, Nevada, Utah and New Jersey.

After you pay, you fill out a secure form once and the portal stores your details, so each request goes out on attorney-drafted removal documents without retyping. The portal has name detection that crawls for your listings, and its FAQ describes the rest of the routine plainly. You find the page that shows you, paste its link, submit, and check the site again after six weeks. If the listing is still up, you report it and they follow up.

Pricing

How much does Privacy for Cops cost?

There are three plans priced per member. Billed month to month, Essentials is $19, Power is $49 and Elite is $199. Paying yearly saves up to 10%, which brings them to $17, $44 and $179 a month. Essentials and Power carry a one-time $124 setup fee; Elite gets custom onboarding instead. Adding your family costs $5 a month, or $4.50 on yearly billing, and covers everyone living at your address.

Power adds phone support with an account manager, quarterly privacy audits and member perks. Elite adds monthly audits, accelerated removal, priority support and a 30-minute monthly session with a privacy expert. There is no contract on any plan. As for a Privacy for Cops promo code, the site offers $50 off the setup fee if you sign up for its email coupon, and many police officer associations hand out a POA code with a group discount.

First-year cost for one officer, from privacyforcops.org and deindex.io, October 2026
Plan Monthly billing, year one Yearly billing, year one Family at your address
Privacy for Cops Essentials $352 ($19 x 12 + $124 setup) $328 ($204 + $124 setup) +$54 to $60 a year
Privacy for Cops Power $712 ($49 x 12 + $124 setup) $652 ($528 + $124 setup) +$54 to $60 a year
Privacy for Cops Elite $2,388 $2,148 +$54 to $60 a year
Deindex Personal $588 ($49 x 12) $288 Family plan $588 a year for 5 people
Deindex Executive $1,788 ($149 x 12) $888 for up to 5 people Included in the 5 seats

First-year cost for one officer, from privacyforcops.org and deindex.io, October 2026. Prices change, so check each site before you buy.

Reviews

Is Privacy for Cops worth it?

For an officer in one of the eight covered states, usually yes. A removal request that cites a peace officer statute carries more weight than a generic opt-out, the nonprofit has done this for 17 years, and the household add-on is cheap. Its testimonials page says more than 15,000 public officials have used it, and officers there mention seeing listings come down within about two weeks.

Search for Privacy for Cops reviews and you mostly find the company's own testimonials and an officer.com forum thread, so independent evidence is thin. The practical limits are clear from its own FAQ. You do part of the finding and checking yourself, results are confirmed by looking again after six weeks, and the setup fee makes the first year about $124 more than the sticker price suggests.

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Eligibility

Who can use Privacy for Cops?

Active law enforcement officers, government officials and agents covered under a qualifying state statute can sign up, and retired or former officers qualify where the state law covers them. Associations and departments can buy group pricing, pay invoices directly or hand members a discount code, and there is no minimum number of sign-ups.

If you live outside California, Colorado, Texas, Florida, Idaho, Nevada, Utah and New Jersey, ask before you pay, because the service is built around those laws. The same goes for a spouse who is not an officer, a dispatcher, a corrections contractor or an adult child who moved out. Those people need a general removal service that works without an officer statute.

Which to choose

Privacy for Cops or Deindex, which fits you

Pick Privacy for Cops if you are a sworn officer or covered official in one of its eight states, you want removals filed under your state's officer-protection law, and you are fine checking results yourself. Add the family option for everyone at your address. Ask your POA for a group code first.

Pick Deindex if you are in another state, if the person at risk is not a covered officer, or if you need proof for each removal. The scan shows every listing before you pay, we file and recheck the removals for you, and every one comes with a dated before-and-after screenshot and the legal basis we cited. That record is what a department, a court or a protective order hearing can actually use.

Why people switch

Why people move from Privacy for Cops to Deindex

  • You live outside the eight states Privacy for Cops files in, or the person at risk is not a sworn officer.

  • You want someone else to find, file and recheck every listing instead of pasting links into a portal.

  • You need a dated before-and-after screenshot for each removal to hand to a department, a court or HR.

Still deciding? Law enforcement privacy protection cost, MAGEN to Privacy for Cops goes through the pricing, what actually gets removed, and where Privacy for Cops is the better buy.

If you are still shortlisting, our ranked breakdown of the best data removal service puts Privacy for Cops next to every other option on price and legal basis. Want to try the free route first? The data broker opt out list covers what Privacy for Cops and Deindex both file on your behalf, and the wider guide to removing your information from the internet explains what no provider can take down.

Our differentiator

We sell proof and legal standing, not a count.

Every provider in this category, Privacy for Cops included, will tell you how many opt-out requests it sent. Deindex tells you which legal mechanism each request was filed under, GDPR Article 17, CCPA §1798.105, the broker's own opt-out policy, or Google's personal-information removal tool, and attaches a dated before-and-after screenshot to every resolution. That is what you hand a security team or a lawyer, a number on a dashboard is not evidence.

We also tell you what we cannot remove. Court records, news articles, and anything outside legal removal scope stay published, and we say so upfront rather than take your money for a promise we cannot keep. Currently 50+ data brokers and people-search sites are in the catalog.

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Privacy for Cops alternative FAQ

Before you switch

Privacy for Cops costs $19, $49 or $199 per member a month for Essentials, Power and Elite, or $17, $44 and $179 billed yearly. Essentials and Power add a one-time $124 setup fee, so the cheapest first year is $328. Covering everyone at your address adds $5 a month.

Yes. Privacy for Cops is run by the Public Safety Assistance Foundation, a California 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and has worked with police officer associations and agencies since 2008. It files attorney-drafted removal requests under officer-protection laws in eight states. Independent reviews are scarce, so most evidence comes from its own testimonials and association partners.

Privacy for Cops offers $50 off the $124 setup fee when you sign up for its emailed coupon, and many police officer associations give members a POA code with a group discount. You enter either one in the Coupon Code / POA Code field at checkout. Ask your association before paying full price.

Privacy for Cops files removals in California, Colorado, Texas, Florida, Idaho, Nevada, Utah and New Jersey, where state laws protect officers' home addresses. If you live elsewhere, contact them before paying. Deindex works in every US state and does not depend on an officer statute.

MAGEN sells law enforcement memberships from $50 a year to verified government personnel, OfficerPrivacy starts at $77.99 and then $24.99 a month, and Deindex Personal is $288 a year for anyone in any state, with a dated screenshot and the legal basis for every removal. Deindex Family covers five people for $588.

For one officer in a covered state, Privacy for Cops Essentials is close in price and backed by state law: $17 a month billed yearly plus $124 setup is $328 in the first year and $204 after. Deindex Personal is $288 a year with the scan, the removals and a dated screenshot for every listing, and it works in any state. For a household, Privacy for Cops adds everyone at your address for $54 a year, which beats Deindex Family at $588 for five people.

Yes. Enter your name, city and state at the top of this page and the scan checks our catalog of data brokers and people-search sites right away, with no card. You see the full count and the first five sites by name immediately, and a free account opens the rest of the report.

Neither service can remove news reporting, court filings, or other lawfully published public records, and any provider claiming otherwise is not being straight with you. See the honest scope on our terms page.

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