Mission, Vision, and Values

PACIFIC POLICE DEPARTMENT

MISSION
Our mission is to make the City of Pacific a safe place to live, work and play. 

VISION

The Pacific Police Department will be recognized as the standard of excellence in small-city policing.

• Internally, every employee will believe the Pacific Police Department is a great place to work.

• The community will believe the Pacific Police Department is a proactive, progressive and professional organization committed to making our city a safe place to live, work and play. 

VALUES
The guiding principles that articulate the culture of an organization and describe how we want to work together. 

Positive Attitude

• Enthusiasm for coming to work

• Fun

• It’s contagious

• It’s a personal choice

• It’s a shared responsibility

 Excellence & Quality in All That We Do

• Creativity and Innovation

• Professional pride

• This is how we build our reputation

• This is our product

 Accountability

• To each other

• To the organization

• To the profession

• To the community

• It starts with us

 Integrity & Ethical Behavior

• Do the “right thing” at the right time

• It’s the core of everything we do

• Personal and professional pride

 Clear Direction

• All levels of management

• Shared responsibility for clarity

• With limited resources, this is a must

 Team Work

• Achieving more through partnerships

• Hierarchical responsibility versus shared responsibility

• We are on the same team

• We are part of a system

• We need to know and understand our role in this system

 Learning

• Individual and team roles

• We are a learning organization

• Must constantly be looking at ways of improving

• Status quo is not an option