The New Orleans Police Department, under the leadership of Superintendent Michael S. Harrison, will continue to be engaged in a complete transformation in its approach to ensuring that New Orleans is a safe place to live, work and visit. The police force and its dedicated men and women are committed to transparency, accountability, collaboration and integrity.
The mission of the New Orleans Police Department is to provide professional police services to the public in order to maintain order and protect life and property. In order to accomplish our mission, we are committed to the philosophy of Community Oriented Policing as a means to inform our organizational decisions and prioritize our crime fighting and quality of life initiatives by engaging each neighborhood and community organization in collaborative problem-solving partnerships. We are committed to integrating community and problem-oriented policing into our daily management principles, policies, procedures, recruitment efforts, training, personnel selection, performance evaluation process, resource deployment, tactics
and accountability systems.
We Protect and Serve Through Our Core Beliefs:
INTEGRITY: We are dedicated to maintaining the highest moral and ethical standards,
through the principles of pride, honesty, trust and courage.
FAIRNESS: We are dedicated to treating our employees and citizens with dignity,
respect and equality.
SERVICE: We are committed to developing well-trained, highly motivated and courteous employees to serve our community and organization with pride and professionalism.
