The Morris Police Department is a proactive police agency dedicated to excellence through quality customer service. We shall ensure quality customer service for everyone we serve by way of accountability and community involvement. We shall maintain a quality of professionalism for employees through training, development and education to assist with the personal and career growth with a constant emphasis on innovation and improvement.

The Morris Police Department is committed to providing the highest quality police service to those who live and work in the City of Morris. We work in collaboration with the community and strive to maintain the utmost level of public safety with the goal of maintaining the quality of life expected within the City of Morris. We provide our service with a commitment to cultivating the public trust by respecting individual rights and striving to be fair, just and responsive to the needs and feelings of our community.

The Morris Police Department will be on the forefront of the law enforcement profession by employing the most effective methods in providing quality police services. All Morris Police Officers will be leaders in initiating and maintaining positive relationships with neighborhoods, schools, businesses, and other members of our community. These community bonds will form a medium where public safety concerns can be anticipated and addressed.

To accomplish this mission, we hold the following values that guide our work and decisions to be true and non-negotiable:

Core Values

Service
We provide quality, professional service to every citizen we contact.

Responsiveness
We are here to respond to the needs of our community. In doing so, we will assure that we are responsive to all requests for our service.

Integrity
The integrity of the Morris Police Department is reflective of each member of our organization. We must be mindful of this responsibility at all times.

Safety
Our goal is to ensure that the community is safe for all those who live and work in the City of Morris.

Professionalism
We will provide quality, professional Service while being Responsive to the needs of our community. We will do this with Integrity and assure that all citizens have a sense of Safety. In doing so we will be recognized as the Professional organization we strive to be.

Excellence
We strive for personal and professional excellence, dedication to duty, and service to the public.

Accountability
We are accountable to each other and to the citizens we serve, who are the sources of our authority.

Cooperation
We believe that cooperation among ourselves, members of the community, governmental entities, and other law enforcement agencies will enable us to combine our diverse backgrounds, skills and styles to achieve common goals.