Core Values

Trust, Character, Courage, and Commitment

Trust

The Stoughton Police Department takes the TRUST given to us by our community seriously.
We are committed to honoring that trust and building trusting relationships to make us more effective in serving others.

Character

Our character must be rooted in integrity, self-control, honesty, humility, empathy, respect, resiliency, transparency, selflessness, and dignity in the ways we serve our community and work with each other. Our team believes in holding each other accountable, as the actions of one reflects on all.

Courage

We are committed to serving with courage at those times no one else can and having the courage and resolve to hold ourselves accountable.

Commitment

We are committed to protecting, serving, and engaging with our community, excellence in all we do, and leading with courage.