Mission: Through collaborative efforts and partnerships, the Montclair State University Police Department guards the life, property, and constitutional rights of all and pursues justice with compassion and respect for all our campus members to ensure a safe and secure community.
Vision: The Montclair State University Police Department works to be trusted and respected by the entirety of our campus community. In pursuit of our mission, we are steadfast in our commitment to protecting the rights and well-being of our campus community, ensuring a safe and inclusive environment conducive to learning, growth, and success.
Values: In everything we do, Department employees of all ranks must associate their action with values:
- Credibility – We conduct ourselves with uncompromised honesty, honor, and ethics. We entrust and demand our members to lead ethically and responsibly within the organization, on campus and beyond to the greater region.
- Justice – We serve our community in an unbiased and impartial manner, applying equal protection to all under the law and within the context of what is right, fair and impartial. We acknowledge and recognize the value, worth, and rights of all community members. The rights of victims, survivors and the accused are each valued.
- Professionalism – We are accountable to ourselves and the public for the quality of our service, and we seek to continually improve ourselves, our department, and our community relationships.