El Portal Police Department

Vision Statement

The Village of El Portal Police Department is a para-military organization that strictly adheres to the departmental orders, policies, procedures, and directives that govern them. This Vision Statement creates a gateway to professional law enforcement. The constant and consistent review and revisions to the aforementioned departmental orders, policies, procedures and directives aid in building trust with the citizenry and its police department that serves them. Instilling trust, building trust, and enhancing trust with and within the citizenry of the Village of El Portal is the primary objective.

Mission Statement

It is the mission of the Village of El Portal Police Department to provide professional law enforcement to the citizenry, businesses, schools, and elected officials of the Village of El Portal. Professional law enforcement will be delivered by embracing an unbreakable bond with the community it serves by way of respect, communication, a sense of genuine caring, and by fostering an environment free from prejudice and prejudgments. Bridges will be built where none existed before; existing bridges will be shored up.

Improving the quality of life for all who live in, work in, and/or serve the Village of El Portal remains the pinnacle to where the employment of professional law enforcement shall take us. Education, training, and positive collaboration with the community are those steps that will bring us there.

Value statement

Teamwork (Working together internally and externally [community] to resolve all issues)

Respect (Treating people with dignity and the way you would want to be treated)

Unity (Police and the citizenry working in unison)

Selfless Service (Putting the welfare of the community before your own)

Tenacity (Seeing the objective done to its conclusion regardless of the difficulty)

Ethical (Everything the department undertakes is guided by strong, unsullied ethics)

Duty (Fulfillment of obligations)