MISSION

The mission of the Shelbyville Police Department is to provide law enforcement services in a professional and courteous manner to the residents, visitors, and business community in the City of Shelbyville.

Through our response to community concerns and the development of positive relationships throughout the community we will strive to impact the quality of life issues that make the City of Shelbyville a great community in which to live, visit, and work.

We are committed to the philosophical elements of Community Policing and our efforts will be guided by the Core Values of:

Respect
Integrity
Excellence
Cooperation
Problem Solving
Accountability

CORE VALUES

RESPECT
We value human life and dignity, as guaranteed by the Constitution, therefore;
                We treat all persons with courtesy and respect.
                We give first priority to situations which threaten human life.
                We are compassionate and caring.
                We use force only when necessary.
                We appreciate the diversity of our community.

INTREGRITY
We believe integrity is the basis for community trust, therefore;
                We are honest and truthful.
                We make decisions without regard to personal benefit.
                We are consistent in our beliefs and actions.
                We hold ourselves to high standards of moral and ethical conduct.

EXCELLENCE
We strive for personal and professional excellence, therefore;
                We seek to employ the best individuals.
                We develop our employees to their highest potential.
                We are committed to equitable personnel practices.
                We recognize and reward exemplary performance.
                We recognize our business is service.

COOPERATION
We believe that cooperation will enable us to combine our diverse backgrounds, skills, and styles to achieve common goals, therefore;
                We work as a team.
                We share our responsibility to serve the residents of Shelbyville by                                 encouraging and supporting partnerships with other stakeholders.
                We rely on community involvement, participation, and support.
                We recognize the community is our customer.

PROBLEM SOLVING
We are most effective when we identify and solve community concerns, therefore;
                We are responsive to community needs.
                We proactively plan, analyze, and evaluate.
                We recognize that crime is a community problem and seek the assistance of                 the community in developing strategies to reduce crime.
                We seek innovative and creative solutions to crime issues from all resources,                 internal and external.

ACCOUNTABILITY
We are accountable to ourselves and the citizens of Shelbyville, therefore;
                We are responsive to community concerns.
                We manage our resources effectively.
                We thoroughly and equitably investigate complaints against our employees.
                We are tolerant of honest mistakes.
                We, when necessary, apply discipline fairly and impartially.