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 		 Menomonie Police Department

 Police Department Statement of Mission:

The mission of the City of Menomonie Police Department is to serve the needs of the community through police action:
protecting the constitutional guarantees of our democracy while safeguarding individual freedom
  • protecting life and property by enforcing the law and reducing the opportunity for crime
  • maintaining public order by resolving conflicts
  • facilitating the safe movement of vehicular and pedestrian traffic
  • the provision of emergency service in response to the needs of the community

The highest priority will be given to crimes and circumstances that are the most serious, stimulate the greatest fear, and cause the greatest economic loss.

Through a positive and proactive presence, the department will provide a police service to the community which strives to improve the quality of life for all citizens. A service predictable in its standards and involvement, yet flexible in its response to the needs of individuals and the community.

Successful achievement of the department's mission is dependent on the development and maintenance of a close relationship and identity with the community it serves.

In accomplishing our mission, we will recognize that:
  • The power of the police to fulfill their functions and duties is dependent upon community approval of the existence, actions, behavior, and their ability to secure and maintain community respect.
  • To secure and maintain the respect and approval of the community requires obtaining the willing cooperation of the community in observance of the laws.
  • The extent to which the cooperation of the community can be secured diminishes proportionately the necessity of the use of enforcement countermeasures for achieving police objectives.
  • Employees will seek and preserve public favor, not by pandering to public opinion, but by constantly demonstrating absolutely impartial service to law, by offering individual service and friendship to all members of the community regardless of their wealth or social standing, and by offering individual sacrifice in protecting and preserving life and property.

Values of the Police Department

A police organization is guided in its operation by laws, ordinances, procedures, rules, and regulations. In addition to legal and administrative requirements, police organizations are powerfully influenced by their values, where values are beliefs that guide the organization and the behavior of its employees.

To help accomplish our mission, the Menomonie Police Department is committed to these values that guide our work and decisions:

Openness and Accessibility:
The Menomonie Police Department will strive to conduct our affairs publicly and be accessible to the public.

Fairness:
We will strive to be fair in all our actions.

Responsiveness:
We will be responsive to the needs of the community, working together to solve problems of mutual concern.

Sensitivity:
 We will be sensitive to the needs and concerns of our clients.

Accountability:
We are responsible for our conduct and performance, both to ourselves and to the community.

Organizational Efficiency:
We are committed to providing police services as efficiently as possible.

Community Orientation:
We will strive to always do what is in the best interest of the community.

Compassion:
We will show empathy and caring for victims, complainants, and all people we come in contact with.

Problem Solving:
We are most effective when we help identify and solve community problems.

Integrity:
We believe that honesty is the basis for personal and public trust.

Fiscal Responsibility:
We are concerned with conserving the tax dollars that fund the operations of our Department.

Democratic Principles:
We will protect the constitutional rights and personal freedoms of all citizens.

Teamwork:
We recognize the importance of each employee as an individual and team member. We will strive to apply all of these values to our interaction with each other.


Management Philosophy of the Police Department

We believe:

....in a goal directed organization, with clearly defined, value based policies and procedures, set in a team environment and operating with the same attitude;

....that supervision and management should be administered in a behavioral atmosphere with people being treated as people, as individuals unique in themselves;

....that employees are motivated through positive discipline, that is by being recognized, by participating in problem solving and goal setting and by having a "piece of the rock";

....when positive discipline fails with an individual, that negative discipline must be applied in a fair, impartial, and consistent manner;

....that management and organizations must be flexible enough to meet the challenges resulting from changing needs as demanded or required by the community;

....in solving problems by a team effort, when time permits, to gather as much information as possible and provide the organization with the best decision and provide employees with the opportunity to participate;

....in planning with the team concept for the future to eliminate, to the degree possible, the unknown and the risks associated with surprises that creates crisis;

....in the highest moral and ethical standards in the management process, allowing all persons freedom of expression and requiring that all persons be treated fairly and impartially without favoritism or cronyism;

....that decisions must be made at the lowest possible level in an organization, that no one "passes the buck", and that personnel must be held accountable for their decisions;

....everyone should have the freedom to fail and from that failure a learning experience takes place which is the method by which we begin individual change and growth; and

....managers have a responsibility to develop personnel to their fullest potential both personally and professionally. This development and growth benefits the person and organization.

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