Mission Statement

The mission of the DeRidder Police Department is to maintain social order and provide professional law enforcement services to citizens in the community, within prescribed ethical, budgetary, and constitutional constraints. This department strives to enforce the law and maintain order in a fair and impartial manner, recognizing the need for justice, and consistent appearance of justice. The Chief of Police recognizes that no law enforcement agency can operate at its maximum potential without supportive input from the citizens it serves. This department actively solicits and encourages the cooperation of all citizens to reduce and limit the opportunities for crime, and to assist in bringing to justice those that break the law.

• A community free from crime and disorder remains an unachieved ideal; nevertheless, consistent with the values of a free society, achieving this ideal must be the primary goal of the DeRidder Police Department.

• We strive to promote efficiency throughout the department, while recognizing each person our members come in contact with is an individual, and must not be subjected to impersonal treatment.

• We wish to work with members of the community without regard to color, race or beliefs.

• The officers of the DeRidder Police Department are a part of the community, not a separate entity.

• Training, discipline, and ultimately professionalism are goals the department will continue to achieve. Every officer should remain committed to providing quality service and protection for their community.