The Mission of the Portsmouth Police Department is to prevent crime, preserve order, and to protect the rights, lives and property of all people. We will work in partnership with our Community to identify and effectively respond to the diverse, ever-changing social and neighborhood problems and needs. We will do this with respect, fairness and compassion.

Beliefs

To accomplish our Mission, we are committed to the following Beliefs.

We believe:

• In fair, equitable, and impartial treatment for all.
• Our Community must be a part of the law enforcement and crime prevention process, and that with its active involvement, we will achieve our goals.
• The Police and the Community are accountable to each other.
• All people in our Community have a right to live in a safe, crime free environment.
• A harmonious and healthy work environment improves the quality of our services to the Community.
• Employee involvement in the creation of Department policy, procedures and objectives is essential to the attainment of our mutual goals, and the delivery of effective police services.
• Open and honest communication within our Department will promote an atmosphere of trust, cooperation and respect.
• Self-improvement is an individual responsibility.
• The Department must continuously provide for the development of personnel.
• That, in order to maintain the public's trust and support, we must hold ourselves to the highest ethical and professional standards.

This code is used by:

• Portsmouth Police Department
  Archived 10/1/2000