The mission of the Willow Springs Police Department is to improve the quality of life of citizens, living, working, or visiting in the city.

In accomplishing its mission the department acknowledges the importance of the following values in both individual employees and overall operation.

• We believe that it is our responsibility to protect the constitutional rights of all persons and that we are accountable to the community.
• We believe that crime is not only a police problem but a social problem impacting all aspects of the community and we are committed to working with the community to address these issues.
• We accept our leadership role in providing for a safe community through innovative approaches in the suppression of crime and the prevention of public disorder.
• We are committed to maintaining the highest standards of ethical conduct and integrity.
• We are committed to professionalism in our operations and are dedicated to providing comprehensive personnel services to all of our employees.
• We recognize the badge of our office as a symbol of public faith, and we accept it as a public trust to be held so long as we are true to the ethics of law enforcement. We will constantly strive to achieve these objectives and ideals, dedicating ourselves before God to our chosen profession.... law enforcement.

This code is used by:

• Willow Springs Police Department
  Archived 10/1/2000