Mission / Vision Statement
Early SPD (Circa unknown)
The Seward Police Department is dedicated to providing honest, efficient, and effective Law Enforcement Services.
We are committed to provide the highest quality of service, preserving human rights, lives and property, and working in partnership with our citizens to meet the challenges of reducing crime and encouraging voluntary compliance with all laws.
Vision:
Police and citizens together building a safer community.
The Seward Police Department Canon of Ethics
CANON I
Law Enforcement Officers shall uphold the Constitution of the United States, the State Constitution, and all laws enacted or established pursuant to legally constituted authority.
CANON II
Law Enforcement Officers shall be aware of and shall use proper and ethical procedures in discharging their official duties and responsibilities.
CANON III
Law Enforcement Officers shall regard the discharge of the duties as a public trust and shall recognize their responsibilities to the people whom they are sworn to protect and serve.
CANON IV
Law Enforcement Officers will so conduct their public and private life that they exemplify the high standards of integrity, trust, and morality demanded of a member of the Law Enforcement Officer profession.
CANON V
Law Enforcement Officers shall recognize that our society holds the freedom of the individual as a paramount precept which shall not be infringed upon without just, legal and necessary cause.
CANON VI
Law Enforcement Officers shall assist in maintaining the integrity and competence of the Peace Officer profession.
CANON VII
Law Enforcement Officers shall cooperate with other officials and organizations who are using legal and ethical means to achieve the goals and objectives of the Peace Officer profession.
CANON VIII
Law Enforcement Officers shall not compromise their integrity, not that of their agency or profession, by accepting, giving or soliciting any gratuity.
CANON IX
Law Enforcement Officers shall observe the confidentiality of information available to them through any source, as it relates to the Peace Officer profession.