The mission of the Oak Park Police Department is to provide high-quality law enforcement services that are accessible to all members of the community. Oak Park Police officers believe in the dignity of all people and respect individual and constitutional rights. The Department follows a community based policing philosophy that relies on citizen involvement, problem solving, ethical behavior, leadership and the value of employees. This philosophy and its values guide interactions both within the Police Department and the community, as officers work to promote quality of life by maintaining and improving peace, order and safety through excellence in law enforcement and community service. Members of the community are welcome to comment and share feedback on the Police Department’s page. Once posted, the Police Department reserves the right to delete submissions that contain vulgar language, personal attacks of any kind or offensive comments that target or disparage any ethnic, racial, minority or religious groups. The Police Department also reserves the right to delete comments that are spam, clearly off topic, advocate illegal activity, promote particular services, products or political organizations or infringe on copyrights or trademarks.
