Milwaukee County’s goal is to enrich your life by providing essential services that meet your needs and those of your family, neighbors, co-workers and friends.
We enhance the quality of life in Milwaukee County through great public service.
Milwaukee County is home to over 950,000 people living in one of 19 communities, which range in size from the City of Milwaukee, with 595,000 residents, to the Village of River Hills, with roughly 1,600 residents.
Still a manufacturing stronghold, the region features 16 Fortune 1000 companies and thousands of others in the financial services, medical device, hospitality and retailing industries.
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To be a model public safety agency based on service and trust.
To serve and protect everyone within Milwaukee County with fairness, integrity, and respect.
As a team we are “Committed to Service” through:
Professionalism We will provide quality service through motivated, dedicated and well-trained employees. Our actions, attitudes and appearance will demonstrate self-discipline, attention to duty and service to our community.
Fairness We will maintain an ethical standard of what is right and proper, free from self-interest, racial injustice or favoritism. We will be consistent, objective and just in all our actions.
Integrity We will earn and maintain the trust of our community by being personally and professionally accountable to the highest ethical and moral standards. We will conduct ourselves above reproach, mindful of justice, and with the courage to uphold these convictions.
Respect We will treat everyone in a manner that preserves their dignity.
Our ultimate goal and purpose is to SERVE
Support innivative programs and technology that promote public safety and community engagement.
Enhance the relationship between the community and law enforcement.
Restore the quality of life for those who play in our parks, drive on our expressways and roads, and live and work within Milwaukee County.
Value increased community understanding about our services that builds trust, promotes accountability, and increases transparency.
Evaluate organizational performance and make changes to enhance professional development throughout the agency.
821 W. State St., Room 107 Milwaukee, WI 53233
(414) 278-4766