Our Mission and Our Citizens Deserve Our Best

• To achieve our mission, we must continuously strive to improve.   Educational and training opportunities should be eagerly sought and participated in as individuals and as groups, to benefit the team.
• We must turn our ideas into action, be pioneers in our field, contributors of knowledge, inventors of solutions, and explorers of ideas.
• We should be part of the solution rather than part of the problem, and support the organization and its mission through personal commitment, professionalism, good character, pride, honesty and teamwork.
• We expect our service to our citizens to be worthy, vigorous, resourceful, courteous, and reliable.
• We strive to turn our mistakes into opportunities, and our limitations into creativity.
• We treat those we serve fairly, with compassion, and respect regardless of their race, color, creed, sex, age, lifestyle, national origin, or economic status.
We must demand the very best of ourselves and the people that work with us.

• In earning the public's trust, we pledge to maintain the highest ethical standards in words and actions.

• The health, safety and well-being of our citizens and department personnel will be top priority.
• As an organization, we should prize the creative participation of each person who works here, welcome the open exchange of ideas and foster the practice of careful listening.
• We have a duty to encourage the personal well-being and career development of every person, regardless of rank or position.

• We recognize the individuality of everyone who works here, and we treat one another with respect, kindness and a sense of the importance of teamwork.
• We should foster a spirit of excellence throughout our organization, so that we better serve our citizens.

• The desire to serve.
• The ability to perform.
• The courage to act.
• We are "Always Ready - Proud to Serve"...