Our mission is to work as a team and in partnership with the campus community to provide Washington State University Vancouver with the most professional, effective public safety services possible, always keeping in mind ethical standards, constitutional safeguards, and respect for the human dignity of all persons.

As members of the campus community we will value: human life, constitutional rights, learning, opportunity, diversity, sense of community, integrity, openness, justice, discipline and caring.

As public safety professionals, we are committed to the following provisions:

• Provide services to students, staff, faculty, and visitors which are courteous, responsive, fair, firm and efficient. 
• Work with members of the campus community as partners in a combined effort to address mutual concerns and resolve mutual problems in the spirit of Community Oriented Policing and Problem Oriented Policing.
• Maintain constant lines of communication among ourselves and with the campus community at large.
• Create and maintain a feeling of safety and security for all persons.
• Maintain the highest ethical standards and utmost respect for all laws and not compromise our role as peace keepers and safety providers.
• Provide the proper tools and training necessary to meet our goals and objectives.
• Create an environment of teamwork through trust, commitment, collaboration, perspective, and direction.
• Be listeners when necessary, open to new ideas, and willing to change for the purpose of progress and personal and organizational improvement. 

RULES OF CONDUCT

It is the responsibility of the Washington State University Vancouver Department of Public Safety and Police Services to prevent crime, arrest those who commit crimes, maintain order, and protect the safety of persons and property. To meet these responsibilities, employees will perform the duties assigned to them by superiors and described in the general orders. Employees will conform to general orders and policies when carrying out these responsibilities.

CODE OF ETHICS

The adherence to a canon of ethics is essential in maintaining high professional standards of performance. To this end, every employee is expected to adhere to the following tenets:

1. As a criminal justice officer, my fundamental duty is to serve mankind; to safeguard lives and property; to protect all persons against deception, the weak against oppression or intimidation, and the peaceful against violence or disorder; and to respect the Constitutional rights of all people to liberty, equality, and justice.
2. I will keep my private life unsullied as an example to all; maintain courageous calm in the face of danger, scorn, or ridicule; develop self-restraint; and be constantly mindful of the welfare of others. Honest in thought and deed in both my personal and official life, I will be exemplary in obeying the laws of the land and the regulations of my department. Whatever I see or hear of a confidential nature or that is confided to me in my official capacity, will be kept ever secret unless revelation is necessary in the performance of my duty.
3. I will never act officiously or permit personal feelings, prejudices, animosities, or friendships to influence my decisions. Without compromise and with relentlessness, I will uphold and, in the line of duty, enforce laws courteously and appropriately without fear or favor, malice or ill will, never employing unnecessary force or violence, and never accepting gratuities.
4. I recognize my position as a symbol of public faith, and I accept it as a public trust be held so long as I am true to the ethics of the Criminal Justice System. I will constantly strive to achieve these objectives and ideals, dedicating myself before God to my chosen profession.