The mission of the New Orleans Police Department is to provide professional police services to the public in order to maintai ... n 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. read more