The mission of the New Orleans Police Department is to provide professional police services to the public in order to maintain order and protect life and property. In order to accomplish our mission, we are committed to the philosophy of Community Oriented Policing as a means to inform our organizational decisions and prioritize our crime fighting and quality of life initiatives by engaging each neighborhood and community organization in collaborative problem-solving partnerships. We are committed to integrating community and problem-oriented policing into our daily management principles, policies, procedures, recruitment efforts, training, personnel selection, performance evaluation process, resource deployment, tactics and accountability systems.