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Mission Statement

The UCCS Police Department will serve our community by protecting life, liberty, property, and defending the constitutional rights of all people with compassion, fairness, integrity, and professionalism.

Vision Statement

The UCCS Police Department will provide the highest quality police services to our community and partner with our community to identify and resolve problems.  We will constantly evaluate and improve our efforts to enhance public safety and improve the quality of life for all members of the UCCS community.

We will fulfill this vision by being efficient, innovative, and progressive in our mission to keep the UCCS campus safe and conducive to learning. We will do this with empathy, compassion, and a conscientious respect for the diverse community we serve.  We will execute our duties in an impartial, ethical, and professional manner.  We will strive to promote a culture of inclusiveness, respect, communication, and understanding in all that we do.

Core Values

  1. Professionalism

    We strive for excellence in our dedication to duty and our quality of service by adhering to the highest standards of the police profession.

  2. Integrity

    We exhibit honesty and character through ethical conduct and moral behavior in our personal and professional lives.

  3. Compassion

    We treat every person with respect, and we demonstrate an empathetic understanding in our efforts to serve them.

  4. Accountability

    We hold ourselves accountable for our performance and conduct; individually, to each other, our department, our government, and our UCCS Community.

  5. Guardianship

    We hold ourselves accountable to protecting and defending the rights and well-being of the entire UCCS community.

  6. Inclusiveness

    We know that every person, especially persons of differing religious backgrounds, ethnicities and sexual orientations, possesses valuable insight and leadership potential through their diverse experience and that experience is celebrated and valued.