MESSAGE FROM THE CHIEF

 

Welcome to the Greeley Police Department’s web site.  We are a family of over 260 sworn and civilian employees serving a great community of over 93,000 people.  We are extremely proud of our group of dedicated professionals.  We are devoted to bringing the best possible customer service to our citizen-customers as we go about providing service and protection to our City’s residents.

 

The members of the Greeley Police Department have assembled a list of things we consider to be key to our efforts to serve our customers.  These important items include our Departmental Mission Statement, Vision, Goals, Values and Definition of Community Policing in Greeley:

 

MISSION STATEMENT

Our mission is to improve the quality of life for the people of Greeley.

 

VISION

Our vision for Greeley is community and police working in partnership to address public safety concerns. 

 

GOALS

 

• Continue to increase the number of arrests of career criminals, with emphasis on gang members.
• Continue to strengthen the Department's community outreach efforts.
• Continue to improve traffic safety in Greeley.
• Provide well-trained police employees to deliver exceptional customer service to the Greeley community.
• Continue the emphasis on solving vehicle break-ins and arresting vehicle break-in criminals.

 

VALUES

The employees of the Greeley Police Department believe in and support the following values:

 

• Leadership.  We will lead by example and serve as role models to the community in choosing to do the right thing for the right reasons.

• Service.  We accept the obligation to serve our community ahead of our own convenience or comfort.
• Integrity.  We will scrupulously adhere to the laws of the land, the ethics of our chosen profession and the moral standards of our community.
• Honor.  We are proud of our profession and pledge to do nothing to bring dishonor to our community or our organization.
• Courage.  We recognize that making the difficult or unpopular but right choice takes as much personal courage as pursuing an armed offender.  We accept the responsibility to do both.
• Loyalty.  We recognize and accept the obligation to serve our community selflessly for as long as we hold our position.
• Empathy.  While we will always take enforcement action where necessary, we accept the responsibility to empathize with others and protect the rights of all. 
• Sacrifice.  We recognize and accept that we sometimes must give up benefits for ourselves in order to serve others.
• Truthfulness.  We value truth for truth’s sake and will not tolerate liars among us.
• Courtesy.  We will always treat others in the way in which we would wish to be treated ourselves.  It will be our goal to find a way to help.

 

DEFINITION OF COMMUNITY POLICING IN GREELEY, COLORADO:

We will provide excellent, responsive service while building proactive, problem-solving partnerships with the community.

 

But we are also very interested in learning what you – our customers – feel about these guidelines.  You are, after all, the people we are here to serve.  It is important for us to know what you are thinking.  I welcome your comments on everything from our Mission Statement to our take on Community Policing.  You can reach me at jerry.garner@greeleypd.com.

 

I hope you will browse our web site and learn more about the Greeley Police Department.  We are glad to be part of what makes Greeley “Great from the Ground Up!”

 

Jerry Garner

Chief of Police
Greeley Police Department