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ST. ANTHONY POLICE DEPARTMENT <br /> PHILOSOPHY <br /> 1 100 The basic mission of the St. Anthony Police Department is the maintenance <br /> of Social Order within carefully prescribed ethical and constitutional <br /> restrictions, and includes prevention of criminality, repression of crime, <br /> apprehension of offenders, recovery of property, regulation of non criminal <br /> conduct and the performance of miscellaneous services. While each of <br /> these is important and necessary to the operation of any police agency, <br /> individual communities differ as to the importance placed on each segment <br /> of service. <br /> Since we are a service oriented entity, we must be aware of the social <br /> pressures existing in our particular community and modify or adapt our <br /> techniques in response to these pressures. We must constantly attune our <br /> goals to our community's concerns and seek to find /elicit those concerns. <br /> We are law enforcement oriented and must constantly strive for uniformity <br /> amongst officers, in addition to professionalism on an individual and <br /> department level. <br /> Our department places an added emphasis on public service, public <br /> relations, juvenile relations, and crime prevention. The emphasis must be <br /> present in all our police activities on a day to day basis, and apply equally <br /> to all citizens. We must seek to provide a personalized service to our <br /> residents in the interest of effective public and juvenile relations. <br /> While larger communities enjoy the luxury of specialization among its <br /> officers, our department members must be proficient in all phases of police <br /> service. <br /> We must constantly strive to accomplish our mission on an individual basis <br /> and as a team member of the department and let us do it in a manner that <br /> will bring credit to the police profession, our department, and our <br /> community. <br />