Message from Officer in Charge Isa M. Abbassi
For over 157 years, the Paterson Police Department (PPD or the Department) has served this historic city. As the demand for change in the public safety culture of Paterson grows stronger, we must collectively envision a path forward—a path that serves this diverse community in the constitutionally-focused and responsible manner every resident and visitor to Paterson deserves.
The evolution toward the Next Generation (NEXTGEN) of policing in Paterson will be an exciting, yet challenging transition. This transition will require listening, discourse, reconciliation, and change. Most of all, it will require a willingness to move forward together.
As we embark on this journey to make the PPD NEXTGEN approach to public safety a reality, please allow me to share my vision of how the women and men of the PPD, by working together with this community and our public safety partners, can position our police department to lead the law enforcement profession into the NEXTGEN of policing and beyond.
I look forward to achieving this vision with you.
Code of Ethics
As a law enforcement officer, my fundamental duty is to serve the community; to safeguard lives and property; to protect the innocent against deception, the weak against oppression or intimidation, and the peaceful against violence or disorder; and to respect the constitutional rights of all to liberty, equality, and justice.
I will keep my private life unsullied as an example to all and will behave in a manner that does not bring discredit to me or to my agency. I will 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 both in my personal and official life, I will be exemplary in obeying the law and the regulations of my Department. I will keep ever secret any information I see or hear of a confidential nature or information that is confided to me in my official capacity, unless revelation is necessary in the performance of my duty.
I will never act officiously or permit personal feelings, prejudices, political beliefs, aspirations, animosities, or friendships to influence my decisions. With no compromise for crime and with relentless prosecution of criminals, I will enforce the law courteously and appropriately without fear or favor, malice or ill will, never employing unnecessary force or violence, and never accepting gratuities.
I recognize the badge of my office as a symbol of public faith, and I accept it as a public trust to be held so long as I am true to the ethics of police service. I will never engage in acts of corruption or bribery, nor will I condone such acts by other police officers. I will cooperate with all legally authorized agencies and their representatives in the pursuit of justice.
I know that I alone am responsible for my own standard of professional performance and will take every reasonable opportunity to enhance and improve my level of knowledge and competence.
I will constantly strive to achieve these objectives and ideals, dedicating myself to my chosen profession…law enforcement.
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