Algonac Police Department - Mission Statement

It is the mission of every member of the Algonac Police Department to provide the highest possible level of service to the citizens of the City of Algonac in a nondiscriminatory manner. It is the department's mission not only to maintain order and control crime, but to reduce the opportunity for crime and disorder, to reduce citizen's fears, to provide a sense of security for the people by protecting life and property, to protect constitutional rights of all citizens, and to address the root causes of crime through creative problem solving.

Operational Goals

To continue to improve and increase personnel within the department to keep pace with growth. To promote a positive image of the department with the citizens and the general public. Effective policing requires a partnership between the police and the community. In maintaining a partnership, the department recognizes the willingness of residents to share the responsibility for maintenance of order and quality of life. Additionally, to provide professional leadership and the necessary support required to sustain and improve the community's efforts to keep a balanced partnership directed against lawlessness and disorderly behavior.

A. Keep up with the schooling, 16 hours per person
B. Meeting with the public to set goals for better community relations

To continue to improve and increase equipment to stay abreast of technological advances such as updating equipment. To deliver police services equitably, effectively, and within the context of values in an environment of increasingly scarce fiscal resources.

A. Computer technology

To promote existing systems to foster a positive and enriching work environment that offers career development, challenge and reward. To make the department more open and friendly to the public, such as the D.A.R.E. program, bicycle patrol, foot patrol and fingerprinting children at the local schools.

A. More in-school programs with the children to be officer friendly

To maintain an efficient and effective organization for the delivery of police service in creating a crime watch in the neighborhoods to report unusual activity giving the community some control over their situations.

A. Talk with the businesses and find out what we can do to help keep crime down
B. Business concerns with the police department

To incorporate the principles of community and problem oriented policing into the everyday duties of the employee, and to work closely together with the residents of Algonac in ways to solve the problems of crime, the fear of crime, physical and social disorders and neighborhood decay.

A. Be more open with residents for their needs and safety
B. Show the residents how to keep safe in their homes such as locks and perimeter lighting.

To develop strategies promoting teamwork, unifying the efforts and goals of all members to foster a sense of trust, integrity and a positive sense of worth within the department. To have a set direction to the officers for continued education so they can reach their potential in specialized training in individual officers for the advancement and improvement of the department. To create a positive image with the police officers themselves for better camaraderie.

A. Feedback between officers and command staff
B. Open door policy to implement better ways to complete a task
C. Create a list of short, medium and long range priorities and departmental
goals that will be activated by all members of the department and updates
as to the department's progress in completing the goals and priorities of
the department.
D. Monthly staff meetings

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