Building Community Trust Through Values in Action

As police officers we will actively seek to build trust with individuals, groups, and the community-at large. 

We have a core responsibility to cultivate this trust through a systemic approach to developing meaningful social relationships.

Department Values

Integrity

• Be honest, fair, and transparent
• Do what we say we are going to do. Words and actions are consistent
• Always strive to "do the right thing"
• Acknowledge mistakes, rectify them, and work to avoid them in the future

Community Focus

• Demonstrate sincere desire to help; Empathy, Compassion, Patience
• Assist with non-traditional policing requests or problems. "Go the extra mile"
• Consider voluntary compliance as a preferred option.
• Ask, "How can we engage and offer help to faculty, staff and students today?"

Competence

• Develop and apply the advancedrange of required competencies necessary for university policing
• Commit to excellence, professionalism, and achieving effective outcomes
• Demonstrate enthusiasm, dedication, reliability, timeliness, and restraint
• Use a thoughtful, solution-oriented approach; Implement best practices

Impartial Policing

• Treat all persons with dignity, courtesy and respect
• Value diversity; Facilitate a culture of inclusiveness. Consider all viewpoints and feelings.
• Enforce the law "appropriately without fear or favor, malice or ill will, never employing unnecessary force or violence"
• Consistently honor the fundamental individual rights afforded through state/federal mandates.