About Us - University Police Department

Mission, Values, & Philosophy Statement

The Jacksonville State University Police Department strives for its members to be honest, ethical, and professional. The department seeks to safeguard individual rights and to treat all with respect and courtesy. All sworn members adhere and subscribe to the values written in the "Law Enforcement Code of Ethics." They are non-negotiable and will not be compromised.

Mission

The department’s mission is to provide service and protection for the JSU community, prevent crime, enforce the law, and safeguard the constitutional guarantees of all.

The department provides support and services for academic and administrative staff, faculty, students, and JSU visitors. The department strives to ensure all faculty, staff, students, and guests are free from criminal, potentially criminal, or otherwise disturbing or threatening behavior that would prevent or discourage a safe and efficient work and study environment. The department is dedicated to ensuring that any police service required for faculty, staff, students, and visitors is provided as expediently and professionally as possible.

Values

The department expects our members to be honest, ethical, and professional. The department seeks to safeguard individual rights and to treat all with respect and courtesy.

Philosophy

To continue to meet the changing needs of our community by serving as a world-class model of a professional campus law enforcement agency in a diversified student environment; staying competitive in order to retain and attract motivated and career-oriented professional personnel; maintaining the technological edge for state-of-the-art capabilities in administrative and operational capacities; shifting or changing operating techniques and current paradigms to remain more effective and efficient in accomplishing our mission in meeting the best interests of the JSU community, and by endorsing and supporting higher education efforts and further enhancing in-service training resources to give an edge to our personnel.