Goals and Objectives

Through local control and accountability to its First Nation communities, the Dakota Ojibway Police Service continues to provide a quality, professional service. The Police Service employs police officers who understand, honor, and respect the cultures, beliefs, traditions, and history of their First Nations people.

 

Goals:

  • Provide a quality sustainable Policing Program that is responsive to First Nations Communities serviced by the Dakota Ojibway Police Service (DOPS).
  • Position the Dakota Ojibway Police Service to become the “police service of choice” to Manitoba First Nations Communities seeking policing alternatives.
  • Actively pursue the expansion of Dakota Ojibway Police Service with the Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council Communities (DOTC).
  • Establish best practices in management and accountability processes within the Dakota Ojibway Police Service.
  • Provide operational support to improve service to the communities, enforcement capability, and officer safety.
  • Ensure that the Dakota Ojibway Police Service employs the best officers and staff available.

 

Objectives:

  • To reduce crime and maintain crime prevention proactive policing, high visibility and community involvement;
  • To maintain the community-based structure originally initiated upon the department's incorporation in 1977;
  • To attract and retain suitable First Nations people as police officers in order to provide policing services to the D.O.T.C. Communities;
  • To enhance and improve the quality of life within the community by providing a police service of credibility and accountability to all community members;
  • To ensure the criminal justice system addresses the concerns and needs of the First Nations communities.
mission statement
Mission Statement

Strive to ensure the safety, security, trust and protection of the First Nation Communities:
Birdtail Sioux, Canupawakpa Dakota, Roseau River, Sandy Bay, and Sioux Valley. Uphold the highest standards of professionalism and to honor the cultures, beliefs, and traditions of the First Nations families and communities of which the department serves.

Value Statement
  1. The Police Service believes in service with pride, honesty, and integrity.
  2. The Police Service believes in leadership through the application of the right knowledge, skills, abilities, attitudes, values, and behaviors.
  3. The Police Service believes in accountability and openness to external review and scrutiny.
Vision Statement

“Dakota Ojibway Police Service commits to be proactive in providing the high standard of public service to the communities we service; through accountability and transparency with respect to cultures, beliefs, traditions, and history of First Nations people.”