Our mission in ACT Policing is to keep the peace and preserve public safety within the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). We work to achieve this by providing quality police services in partnership with the community.
We share the following values with our colleagues in the AFP.
Integrity
Integrity is a core requirement of the AFP. On an individual level, integrity is displayed through soundness of moral principle, honesty and sincerity.
As an organisation, we demonstrate integrity through:
- a genuine commitment to the success of individuals
- complete honesty and forthrightness in all interactions with people
- high standards of personal conduct and character at all times
- complete trustworthiness when handling property, money and information.
Commitment
Commitment is characterised by dedication, application, perseverance and a belief in your ability to achieve and add value.
Our members display their commitment when:
- they apply themselves to all tasks/jobs for which they have responsibility
- they persist with jobs until objectives are achieved or are no longer reasonably attainable
- they strive to uphold the vision and mission of the AFP
- they strive to achieve individual, team and corporate milestones.
Excellence
We believe there is always room for improvement – and that the never-ending search for improvement leads to excellence. We aim for excellence in everything we do.
To promote excellence in our organisation we:
- empower our employees and involve them in providing a quality service
- coach and develop people rather than control and direct them
- strive to deliver the product that best serves the needs of our clients
- constantly improve work performance by seeking to remove waste and inefficiencies
- dedicate time and effort to self improvement
- encourage innovation, experimentation and risk taking
- support teamwork by communicating with each other, participating together with problem solving, sharing work, delegating and taking responsibility for individual tasks, dealing with conflict, performance problems and discipline issues.
Accountability
Accountability is about having ownership of our work and/or results, and being answerable for outcomes.
In our organisation, this means we:
- accept personal responsibility for the consequences of our actions
- ensure people know what is expected of them, how their work will be evaluated and how success is measured or determined
- allow individuals and teams to make decisions about their work
- don’t assume credit for the work of others
- give feedback on work performance.
Fairness
Fairness means being impartial and equitable.
In our organisation, this means we:
- respect people as individuals
- apply anti-discrimination, fairness and equity principles in our daily work
- don’t act from malice, prejudice or personal bias when making decisions
- approach people and issues with tolerance and an open mind.
Trust
Trust means having faith and confidence, and being able to rely and depend on others.
In our organisation, this means we:
- assume people can be relied on to do the right thing
- declare conflicts of interest if they arise
- don’t subject people to abuse of power
- respect each other regardless of roles and status
- foster an environment in which people do not fear punishment for making honest mistakes.