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Mission Statement
It is the mission of the Rockport Police Department to provide the highest quality law enforcement and crime prevention services possible to our community and to work with other public and private entities to attain and sustain the highest possible quality of life for the people who reside and conduct business within our jurisdiction.
In order to accomplish our mission the Rockport Police Department will protect the lives and property of all individuals within our jurisdiction through conducting preventative motor patrol, tactical bike patrol, and seasonal water safety patrol.
We will:
1. Conduct crime prevention surveys and present crime prevention programs to organizations, associations or citizen groups;
2. Answer calls for service from the public and take appropriate and necessary action to provide requested services in non-criminal incidents and conduct complete and thorough criminal investigations in criminal cases;
3. File criminal cases with appropriate prosecutors and seek and serve warrants on those who commit offenses;
4. Conduct investigations into drug trafficking in our community and will identify, arrest, and file criminal charges on those involved in drug sales, delivery, manufacture, or possession.
In criminal cases when permitted by statute and when deemed appropriate under existing fact situations we will seize property of criminal suspects and seek forfeiture of that property, through the proper courts, to the Rockport Police Department.
We will conduct routine traffic patrol and take appropriate enforcement action when we observe traffic violations and will investigate traffic accidents, and file required reports related to such incidents.
We will conduct all official business of the department with the highest degree of professionalism and courtesy possible and appropriate under the circumstances existing at the time and in accordance with departmental and city policy.
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