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Mission Statement
Vision
Our vision is to enhance and preserve the quality of the learning opportunities and life experiences of each member of our community by actively working in collaboration with all facets of the community to provide a safe and secure campus environment. We recognize that effective law enforcement and the prevention of crime is achieved by establishing a professional and trusting relationship with our community.
Mission
The mission of the California State University East Bay Police Department is to provide the University community with a safe, secure environment in which to learn, live, work and grow. We will accomplish our mission by partnering and collaborating with the community, by providing service in a professional, courteous manner, and by affording dignity and respect to all individuals.
Philosophy
University Police Department Personnel are committed to a service philosophy of “Community Oriented Policing and Problem Solving” (COPPS).
Recognizing that the Department's mission is best attained through community involvement, employees are collectively committed to nurturing collaborative partnerships with individuals, groups and departments in the responsibility of:
- Identification and resolution of safety and
security concerns.
- Development of safety and security resources,
and service initiatives.
- Delivery of efficient, effective and relevant
public safety and security services and training.
Values
Department:
- Professionalism - We ascribe to the tenets of trust, respect, and
accountability in the performance of our responsibilities.
- Accountability - We set high standards, work with positive attitudes,
assume responsibility, and are accountable for our behaviors, decisions
and actions.
- Teamwork - We value a shared commitment to success through cooperation,
partnership, and teamwork. We realize that only through internal cooperation
can we foster external cooperation and accomplish our mission.
- Communication - We encourage employee involvement and information
sharing through clear and open communication and objectivity. We desire
to foster an environment for active participation in problem solving
and development.
- Responsibility - We believe that each of our responsibilities is
essential to the overall mission of the Department. We are proud of
our agency, one another, our contributions to the community, and of
the law enforcement profession. We are encouraged to contribute ideas
to improve Department functions and the quality of our services.
- Learning - We believe that learning and advancing competency are
essential to our vitality as individuals and as an organization, and
we welcome the challenge of learning whatever is necessary to grow
personally and professionally.
- Innovation - We recognize that change is constant and we must actively
seek new and better ways to fulfill our mission. We encourage innovation
and the contribution of ideas to improve the Department and the quality
of services.
- Decision Making - We value the synergistic effects of collaboration
that increases our understanding in making correct decisions. We believe
in using our best judgments in our work and in making decisions based
upon objective research and analysis.
- Resource Stewardship - We are committed to appropriate principles
of leadership, management and supervision in exercising stewardship
over the human and material resources of the Department.
Community:
- Diversity - We appreciate diversity and recognize that different
viewpoints, experiences and backgrounds are central to our understanding
and meeting the unique needs of the diverse community that we serve.
- Partnerships - We are a partner with the community in the effort
to promote a safe and secure environment and preserve the quality
of life for all.
- Collaboration - We support open communication among employees and
our partners to enhance cooperation and build trust.
- Advocacy - We advocate advancing personal safety and enhancing risk
management initiatives. We desire to work with our partners to educate
members of the public about their crucial role in the overall safety
and security of the community at large.
- Information - We are a resource center for the collection, review,
and evaluation of information pertaining to the safety and security
of the community and actively share this information with the community
in order to promote awareness and response to emerging needs.
- Service - We believe in providing quality services in a timely and
professional manner. We are service driven; partnerships oriented
and strive for excellence. We endeavor to provide services in a fair,
friendly and respectful manner, sincerely caring for the welfare of
people.
Developmental Priorities
Organization:
- Integrate Community Oriented Policing and Problem Solving
- Develop of the organization to a higher level of business efficiency
and effectiveness.
- Improve the quality of Police Department Services.
- Develop cost recovery and alternate funding.
- Improve integration of technology into Department processes and
functions.
- Increase community safety and security outreach.
- Develop student experiential learning and training partnerships.
Employees:
- Recognition of the contributions and value of each employee.
- Increase the standards and competencies by which work is performed
through training, guidance, coaching and discipline.
- Increase employee technical skills and knowledge through staff training
and development.
- Improve employee recruitment.
- Improve employee retention.
- Develop internal employee development and mentor-ship opportunities.
- Develop internal employee recognition and awards programs.
Community:
- Implement "Community Oriented Policing" philosophy and
principles.
- Strengthen and establish new partnerships in the community.
- Enrich community outreach.
- Assess how clients perceive the quality and level of our services.
- Set priorities in concert with partners.
- Increase quality services to our clients.
- Refine community education programs.
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