The Duvall Police Department is dedicated to Professionalism, Integrity, Accountability, Respect and Honor.
Our first priority is and always will be to preserve the high quality of life and feeling of safety for our city's growing population. Members of the Duvall Police Department are committed to serve with professionalism, respect, and compassion for our community. To optimize stewardship of police resources, the department balances sustainability with a quick and firm response to crime, problem solving through community partnerships and crime prevention.
The department is mission-oriented in all of its priorities, activities and philosophies. Our work processes reflect modern law enforcement concepts and technology. We involve every member of the department in an effort to continually improve all areas of administration and operations. Quality leadership at all levels provides for accountability and demonstrates our department's commitment to fiscal responsibility.
Our members value diversity, effective learning, professional development and innovation. We take pride in what we do and measure our success by the satisfaction of the members of our community. To this end, the department continues to recruit, hire, train, support and retain qualified personnel as sworn and civilian members of a law enforcement agency.
Social Media Comment Policy [Version 3/29/2017]
The City of Duvall’s social media pages provide updated information and discussions about city related events and programs. While the city welcomes and encourages dialogue with the public, this site is a limited public forum, and all comments are subject to public disclosure laws. Our site is a family-friendly one, so please keep your comments and wall posts appropriate. Our posting guidelines are found below. The city reserves the right to remove comments and posts that do not follow these posting guidelines, and to ban users who post such comments or posts.
Posting Guidelines:
The intended purpose of the site is to serve as a mechanism for communication between city departments and members of the public. All comments are reviewed after posting. Comments will not be edited by the city or its staff. The city reserves the right to restrict or remove any content that is deemed in violation of this policy or any applicable law. Articles and comments containing any of the following forms of content are deemed inappropriate:
1. Comments that clearly violate Terms of Service of the Social Media Platform, i.e, Facebook Terms of Service, Twitter Terms of Service, etc.
2. Comments deemed potentially libelous.
3. Comments not topically related to the particular social medium article being commented
4. Comments inciting violence or hate speech.
5. Profane language or content.
6. Obscene or explicit comments.
7. Content that promotes, fosters or perpetuates discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, age, religion, gender, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, national origin, physical or mental disability, transgender status or sexual orientation;
8. Sexual content or links to sexual content.
9. Solicitations of commerce; advertisements, commercial promotions or spam.
10. Personal attacks, insults, or threatening language.
11. Private, personal information published without consent.
12. Conduct th
