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# Vision and Mission Statement
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##### **VISION AND MISSION STATEMENT**
Each member of the Sauk Village Police Department is dedicated to working with the community in a problem-solving partnership which strives for continuous improvement of our quality of life in Sauk Village.
The Sauk Village Police Department provides professional law enforcement services for our community while safeguarding Constitutional guarantees, protection of human life, and the reduction of crime and fear in our neighborhoods.
##### **Ten Shared Principles adopted by the Sauk Village Police Department**
1. We value the life of every person and consider life to be the highest value.
2. All persons should be treated with dignity and respect. This is another foundational value.
3. We reject discrimination toward any person that is based on race, ethnicity, religion, color, nationality, immigrant status, sexual orientation, gender, disability, or familial status.
4. We endorse the six pillars in the report of the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing. The first pillar is to build and rebuild trust through procedural justice, transparency, accountability, and honest recognition of past and present obstacles.
5. We endorse the four pillars of procedural justice, which are fairness, voice (i.e. an opportunity for citizens and police to believe they are heard), transparency, and impartiality.
6. We endorse the values inherent in community policing, which includes community partnerships involving law enforcement, engagement of police officers with residents outside of interaction specific to enforcement of laws, and problem-solving that is collaborative, not one-sided.
7. We believe that developing strong ongoing relationships between law enforcement and communities of color at the leadership level and street level will be the keys to diminishing and eliminating racial tension.
8. We believe that law enforcement and community leaders have a mutual responsibility to encourage all citizens to gain a better understanding and knowledge of the law to assist them in their interactions with law enforcement officers.
9. We support diversity in police departments and in the law enforcement profession. Law enforcement and communities have a mutual responsibility and should work together to make a concerted effort to recruit diverse police departments.
10. We believe de-escalation training should be required to ensure the safety of community members and officers. We endorse using de-escalation tactics to reduce the potential for confrontations that endanger law enforcement officers and community members; and the principle that human life should be taken only as a last resort.
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###### Contact
21801 Torrence Ave, Sauk Village, IL 60411
708-758-3330 (voice)
708-757-7355 (fax)
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# Personnel and Units
The Sauk Village Police Department is comprised of 27 men and women dedicated to serving our residents and visitors to Sauk Village. It is a full-service law enforcement agency consisting of patrol, investigative and support services divisions. These divisions include assignments such as patrol, canine, investigative, dispatch (911) services, tactical, records, field training, evidence and property, and animal control.
##### **Uniform Patrol Division**
Police patrol officers perform general law enforcement duties such as responding to calls for service, enforce laws and ordinances, file reports of incidents, control crowds, arrest law breakers and prevent crime. Police patrol officers patrol a particular area in squad cars or on foot. Police officers also spend a lot of time doing paperwork. Some of the common job titles are patrolman, police officer, patrol officer, public safety officer and law enforcement officer. A patrol officer occasionally may testify in court or act as a witness in criminal and traffic cases.
##### **Criminal Investigations Unit**
The Criminal Investigations Unit is responsible for the investigation of Homicides, Robberies, Sexual Assaults, Child Abuse, Domestic Violence, and Animal Neglect and Abuse cases, as well as property crimes such as Burglary, Arson, Theft, and Fraud.  Detectives are also assigned to the South Suburban Major Crimes Task Force.  Detectives assigned to this Section are highly skilled Investigators who have earned their positions by demonstrating the knowledge, experience, skills, and abilities crucial to a successful Investigator.
##### **Special Assignments and Additional Resources**
The South Suburban Association of Chiefs of Police (SSACOP) is Illinois’ largest regional law enforcement association, representing over 65 law enforcement agencies in the south and southwest suburban areas of Chicago.  The members of the Sauk Village Police Department play a prominent role in numerous resources coordinated by the SSACOP.  These resources provide advanced levels of police services that are provided efficiently and effectively through the collaboration of every member agency of the SSACOP.  Members of the Sauk Village Police Department are active on the following resource teams coordinated by the SSACOP:
* South Suburban Major Crimes Task Force (SSMCTF)
* South Suburban Emergency Response Team (SSERT)
* South Suburban Major Accident Reconstruction Team (SSMART)
* South Suburban Mobile Field Force (SSMFF)
The Sauk Village Chief of Police, Malcolm J. White, is currently serving as Vice President of the executive board of the South Suburban Association of Chiefs of Police.
##### **Records Department**
Information that can be obtained from the Records Unit includes:
OFFICIAL RECORDS DOCUMENTS – Reports are available daily, Monday through Friday, 8:00AM till 4:00PM.  Reports are normally made available 72 hours after the date of the reported accident/incident.
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# Crime Tip Hotline
**Contact Info:**
**Malcolm J. White, Chief of Police**
**mwhite@saukvillage.org****(708) 758-1331**