A Message from Chief David A. Groves
Hello and welcome to the Hartford Police Department website!
I decided to take this opportunity to share the 5 building blocks we have identified to enable us to fulfill our department’s mission and guide all of our efforts as we provide police services in the future.
We are a professional department; dedicated to providing the highest
quality police service to the citizens we serve. Our mission includes:
protecting life and property, preventing crime, reducing the fear of
crime and apprehending those who violate our laws, providing needed
services to the community, while maximizing efficiency today and in the
future. Working cooperatively with the public, we will strive to improve
the quality of life in the City of Hartford.
A police
organization is guided in its operation by laws, ordinances, procedures,
job descriptions and rules and regulations. In addition to legal and
administrative requirements, police organizations are powerfully
influenced by values, where values are beliefs that guide the
organization and the behavior of its employees.