Police Service Board Report - City of Quinte West

Organizational Values
Organizational values are a part of all we say
and do. In 2002, the OPP formally adopted the
following values which have guided the OPP’s
organizational direction, strategic plan and dayto-day
behaviours since that time:
• Professionalism
• Accountability
• Diversity
• Respect
• Excellence
In 2010, the OPP added a sixth value:
Leadership. Leaders take the initiative to do the
right things for the communities they serve and
to inspire the people they lead. OPP members
lead by example.
These six organizational values are a clear,
public articulation of our commitment as an
organization and as individuals. They describe
what it takes to achieve the kind of relationships
and workplaces essential to effective policing.
For the OPP, organizational values serve to
anchor the organization, its leadership and its
employees through changing times. The OPP,
like many organizations, has to meet the
challenges of leadership turnover, baby boomer
retirements, rapid and global technological
change, increasingly complex public safety and
security issues, and very high public expectations
for responsiveness and accountability.
For organizations like the OPP that rely on
public trust and confidence, core values, lived
and shared consistently across the entire
organization, are essential for continued success.
These values represent the OPP’s public
affirmation of a continuing commitment to
professionalism and the highest standards -
standards on which our employees, and the
communities we serve, continue to rely.
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