We envision a safe, resilient, and unified East Lansdowne built upon trust, transparency, and shared responsibility.
We strive to be a model municipal police agency recognized for professional excellence, constitutional policing, innovation in public safety, and meaningful community partnership.
Through continuous training, modern practices, and unwavering ethical standards, we will enhance quality of life and uphold the highest ideals of law enforcement service.
The mission of the East Lansdowne Police Department is to serve and protect our community with unwavering dedication, professionalism, and compassion. Guided by our core values of Respect, Integrity, Honor, Service, Trust, Duty, and Courage, we are committed to enforcing the law impartially, building community trust through transparency and accountability, and delivering police services that reflect the highest standards of conduct. We pledge to stand firm in the face of danger, uphold the sanctity of the law, and remain steadfast in our obligation to protect those in danger or distress. Through every action, we strive to earn the trust and confidence of the people we are sworn to serve. To this mission, we will remain EVER VIGILANT.
RESPECT: We must respect ourselves, our peers, those we serve and the sanctity of the law at all times.
INTEGRITY: As integrity is our character in action, we will provide caring, competent and professional police services at all times.
HONOR: We are committed to providing honest and faithful police service to all in danger or distress.
SERVICE: We are in the business of customer service and our professional police services will reflect our recognition of this fact.
TRUST: We recognize and value the level of trust bestowed upon us by those we are sworn to serve. Thus, we will hold ourselves to the highest standards and seek to earn and retain the trust of the public each and every day.
DUTY: We will maintain a steady path pursuant to our obligations and standards of conduct. The enforcement of laws pursuant to the powers bestowed upon us will be done based on facts surrounding the matter at hand, and only the facts.
COURAGE: We will stand firm in the face of danger and confront all threats in protecting our community with intelligence, vigor and valor.