Goals & Values

Our Goals

• To reduce crime and the fear of crime.
• To provide high-quality, cost-effective and accountable services to the citizens of unincorporated Clackamas County and our contract cities.
• To be mindful of the goals of the Sheriff's Office and do the right thing, for the right reason—often without need of guidance provided in other directives.
• Establish a solid partnership with citizens in our efforts to create a safe and secure community.
• Establish a standard of performance for which we strive—one predicated upon total professional commitment to law-enforcement service and the general well-being of the community.
• To provide thorough and appropriate Sheriff's Office investigations.
• To provide efficient and effective Sheriff's Office administration, and support the career needs of Sheriff's Office personnel.

Our Core Values

• Truthfulness
  We will be honest in all that we do and say.
• Loyalty
  We will be loyal to the Department, the citizens we protect, and to our core values.
• Respect
  We will treat all people with dignity and honor the rights and opinions of others.
• Fairness
  We will be fair and impartial. Our decisions will be made without personal favoritism.
• Integrity
  We will be people of character and principle. We will do what is right, even when no one is looking.
• Service
  We will serve the public in a professional, courteous, and efficient manner.

Law Enforcement Code of Ethics

As a law enforcement officer, my fundamental duty is to serve the community; to safeguard lives and property; to protect the innocent against deception, the weak against oppression or intimidation and the peaceful against violence or disorder; and to respect the constitutional rights of all to liberty, equality and justice.

I will keep my private life unsullied as an example to all and will behave in a manner that does not bring discredit to me or to my agency. I will maintain courageous calm in the face of danger, scorn or ridicule; develop self-restraint; and be constantly mindful of the welfare of others. Honest in thought and deed both in my personal and official life, I will be exemplary in obeying the law and the regulations of my department. Whatever I see or hear of a confidential nature or that is confided to me in my official capacity will be kept ever secret unless revelation is necessary in the performance of my duty.

I will never act officiously or permit personal feelings, prejudices, political beliefs, aspirations, animosities or friendships to influence my decisions. With no compromise for crime and with relentless prosecution of criminals, I will enforce the law courteously and appropriately without fear or favor, malice or ill will, never employing unnecessary force or violence and never accepting gratuities.

I recognize the badge of my office as a symbol of public faith, and I accept it as a public trust to be held so long as I am true to the ethics of police service. I will never engage in acts of corruption or bribery, nor will I condone such acts by other police officers. I will cooperate with all legally authorized agencies and their representatives in the pursuit of justice.

I know that I alone am responsible for my own standard of professional performance and will take every reasonable opportunity to enhance and improve my level of knowledge and competence.

I will constantly strive to achieve these objectives and ideals, dedicating myself before God to my chosen profession...law enforcement.