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Gallup Police Department Mission Statement


Primary Mission

The Primary Mission Statement of the Gallup Police Department (GPD) includes the protection of life and
property; resolution of conflict; creating and maintaining a feeling of security in the community;
pro-actively reducing the opportunities for the commission of crime; identification, apprehension and
prosecution of offenders of the laws; and the preservation of peace. We accept as a part of our mission
the responsibility to provide for a quality of life in our community.

Philosophy

Our Department embraces, accepts and agrees to abide by the full meaning of the Law Enforcement Code
of Ethics. Our decisions are based on statutory laws, our own policies and application of laws. We are
committed to professional behavior, honesty in all of our professional and personal dealings, and the
continuous improvement of ourselves and the services we provide. We take extra ordinary care to treat
the public with fairness, dignity and respect while protecting ourselves from harm and providing for our
and their personal safety.

Our Customers

The public we serve are the customers for the service we provide. As with any business, we value and
respect the needs of our customers and continuously strive to provide them public safety services in an
effective, efficient and timely manner.

Our Personnel

The GPD places as much importance and concern in the fair treatment of our personnel as we do in the
treatment of the community which we serve. It is the Department's responsibility to ensure our personnel
are treated with dignity, respect and fairness. The leadership of the Department and all other members of
the Department recognizes our responsibility to facilitate open and honest discussion; to respect the needs
and opinions of others; and to provide for the intellectual and professional growth of our members
through training and education. Our treatment of each other must be on par with our treatment of the
community.

Self-Image

We are a public service agency staffed by professionals. Our presence in the community helps provide a
sense of safety and well being for our customers. Our conduct earns us respect and admiration by the
law-abiding and the law violators.

Concern for the Community

While maintaining a high visibility, we accept our responsibility to be a part of the community's pride and
trust; to anticipate and serve the safety needs of out customers; and to be an interactive part of our
community and its organizations. We must always strive to be seen as a part of our community rather
than apart from our community.
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The Gallup Police Department is
dedicated to provide the highest quality
performance possible.

Gallup was settled in 1881 with the
coming of the railroad, and by 1891
enough people called Gallup home.

The Gallup Police Department   employs
62 full-time sworn officers and has 25
civilian employees. We serve a city
population estimate of 19,301, and have
a county population estimate of 71,875.
On a daily basis and weekend, our
service population raises to around
100,000 people.  Gallup is called the
Indian Capital of the World; and is
neighbors to the Navajo Nation just
north of Gallup, and the Zuni reservation
is just south of Gallup. We are
surrounded  several tribes that
patronized local businesses in the Gallup
area.

The Gallup Police Department has an
Annual Budget of $5,013,095.00.