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Fremont Police Department Mission Statement We the members of the Fremont Police Department, are dedicated to providing ethical and professional services to our community. We are committed to developing the organization to meet current and future needs of a culturally diverse community. Our pledge is to work in partnership with members of our community to safeguard lives and property, preserve constitutional rights, and apprehend those who violate the law and rights of others. Our focus is to maintain peace and order, provide outstanding customer service, and to promote a safe and healthy community. Values Honesty - Fremont Police employees are, first and foremost, honest and truthful. We are sincere, forthright, straightforward, and candid. Our credibility with the public comes from always being truthful. We are entrusted with the power to ensure a citizen of the most basic constitutional right, that of freedom, which can be based solely on our testimony.Integrity - Fremont Police employees possess the highest degree of integrity. We are principled, honorable, and morally sound. We are courageous and act upon our convictions. We will fight for our beliefs and will not adopt an "end-justifies-the-means" philosophy that ignores principle. We will not be expedient at the expense of principle, or be two-faced, or unscrupulous.Trust - Fremont Police employees are trustworthy. We keep promises, fulfill commitments, and abide by the spirit, as well as the letter of an agreement.Loyalty - Fremont Police employees demonstrate fidelity and loyalty to other employees, and the organization, by friendship in adversity. Support and devotion to duty are paramount in our lives. We do not use or disclose information learned in confidence for personal or political advantage. We safeguard the ability to make independent professional judgments by scrupulously avoiding undue influences and conflicts of interest.Fairness - Fremont Police employees are committed to justice, the equal treatment of individuals, tolerance for and acceptance of diversity, and open-mindedness. We are willing to admit when we are wrong and take appropriate actions to change our positions and beliefs.Compassion - Fremont Police employees show concern for the well-being of others. This caring manifests itself in compassion, giving, kindness, and service. Caring requires us to make every legal attempt to help those in need and avoid harming others.Respect - Fremont Police employees respect human dignity, privacy, and the right to self-determination. We are courteous and decent.Excellence - Fremont Police employees are committed to quality work and pursue excellence. We are diligent, reliable, industrious, and committed to our community, profession, and organization.Citizenship - Fremont Police employees live and believe in a democracy. Responsible citizenship is seen as an ethical obligation; it involves abiding by laws and rules of society, participation, social consciousness, and public service.Accountability - Fremont Police employees accept responsibility for decisions and for the foreseeable consequences of our actions and inactions, as well as setting an example for others. We have a special obligation to lead by example, as well as to safeguard and advance the integrity and reputation of law enforcement. We avoid even the appearance of impropriety. In addition, we take whatever legal and ethical actions are necessary to correct or prevent inappropriate conduct of others.Public Trust - Fremont Police employees represent our profession and our city government 24 hours a day, throughout our career with the City of Fremont. Because of the unique importance of credibility and public trust, police employees must be beyond reproach, and avoid even the appearance of impropriety.Participation - Fremont Police employees are an important part of City government, along with the Police Department. We are therefore encouraged to take an active role and share in the way we deliver services to our customers. Employee ideas are important. Management's commitment is to listen to, and act upon, employee ideas.Diligence - Fremont Police employees work to their maximum capacity. No one in the organization will be asked to do a job which supervisors would not willingly do themselves. Vision Our's is total commitment to customer service, focus, and satisfaction. We employ only the finest personnel and deliver the highest caliber services possible. Our citizens support us through their involvement in problem solving and crime prevention. We are viewed across the nation as leaders in innovation and customer service, in addition to being the finest and most progressive police organization in the United States.
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