Community
oriented policing, as practiced by the Cypress
Police Department, is a value driven policing
philosophy that, at its core, embraces a
partnership between our community and the Police
Department. Within our Department, one
will not find community oriented policing written
as a specific program nor will one find a community
oriented policing officer or unit. Our community
oriented policing philosophy is based upon
what we prefer to call a value based policing
philosophy, which involves every member of
the City. Our goals in relationship to this
philosophy include:
A. To promote safe,
secure neighborhoods and commercial zones which
are free of crime and/or the fear of crime,
and absent of blight that breeds crime;
B. To promote citizen
involvement in partnership with us to resolve
those problems and conflicts which adversely
affect the quality of life of our community;
and
C. To enhance communication
between the citizens of our community, our
Department and our local government in general.
As
part of this organizational philosophy, we
have an organizational culture which encompasses
the following:
A. The Cypress Police
Department is a full service organization
with our primary function of providing public
safety related services which meets the needs
and/or desires of the community;
B. The Cypress Police
Department considers itself as an integral
part of the community of Cypress;
C. Our belief is that
the community has a legitimate and fundamental
obligation to be involved in policing our
City;
D. We form true partnerships
with the community's various stakeholders
in order to provide a better quality of life
for those who live, work and/or visit our
community;
E. Our operations
are strategically based anticipating and
solving problems before they erupt into major
issues, rather than solely relying on a traditional
commandand
control style which is simply based on reacting
and confronting individual incidents; and
F. The level of public
cooperation, servicing various community
needs and the long-term resolution of community
problems, determines our overall effectiveness.