Mission Statement

Our Mission

Our mission is to work in partnership with the community to provide:

• Progressive and effective police services which will reduce and deter crime
• Protection to all individual’s constitutional rights
• Protection of all property
• The safety and well-being of all individuals
• Enhance the quality of life within the community

Core Values

The Winslow Township Police Department will be guided by the following set of values:

• We respect life... We hold the preservation of life as our sacred duty. Our value of human life set our priorities.
• We revere the truth... We accept nothing less than truth, honesty and integrity in our profession.
• We enforce the law... We recognize that our basic responsibility is to enforce the law. Our role is to resolve problems through the law, not to judge or punish.
• We seek community partnership... We view the people of our community as partners who deserve our concern, care and attention. We are committed to reducing the fear of crime in our community, and we endeavor to do this by creating partnerships in our neighborhoods.
• We honor our police powers... We understand that our police powers are derived from the people we serve. We do not tolerate the abuse of our police authority.
• We conduct ourselves with dignity... We recognize that our personal conduct, both on and off duty, is inseparable from the professional reputation of both the officer and the department.