Mission, Vision Statement & Core Values

Mission Statement

To Preserve the Peace, Protect Life and Property, and promote Public Safety while upholding the Constitution.

Guiding Principles

Our agency’s guiding principles are the strategies which we apply to accomplish our mission. They describe the manner in which our organization accomplishes its mission. These two guiding principles are how we meet the demands of our mission:

Innovation: Innovation is encouraged to create a learning organization that will grow and develop new and innovative practices to accomplish our mission.

Teamwork: Teamwork is fostered in all areas. We believe that solutions to crime problems come from inside and outside our organization. Establishing a variety of partnerships is vital to the accomplishment of our mission.

Vision Statement

To proudly serve the Town of Orange Park's diverse community with enthusiasm. OPPD will continually strive to be among Florida's premier police departments by delivering superior service to Town of Orange Park residents and visitors, while fiercely defending the constitution and our oath of office. Our staff serve with pride and honor, and in a professional manner emulating a public servant who is dependable without prejudice, always performing to the highest level of public service.

Core Values

In a constantly changing world, core values are constant, they are fundamental beliefs of a person. Core values are not descriptions of the work we do or the strategies we employ to accomplish our mission. These values underlie our work, how we interact with each other and members of our community and form the basis of our decision-making. These beliefs and values guide and inspire us in all we say and do; we will continually internalize and model these core values:

Honor - For ourselves and those we are sworn to protect and for the laws and constitution we are entrusted to uphold.
Integrity - Honest and ethical behavior in all we do; our actions will match our words.
Courage - Selfless devotion to duty; taking action in the face of danger and holding ourselves and our peers to the highest ethical standards.
Dedication - To our principles, values, our positions, and the citizens of Orange Park.
Selfless Service - We are all part of and serve something bigger than ourselves, and our service to others is selfless.