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The Albia Police Department is committed
to providing our citizens and the community with the best Law Enforcement services possible. Our goal is to provide that service
with the highest degree of dedication, honesty and integrity. Our officers and staff don't just work here in Albia, they live
here and are invested in our community as well. Our Department bases its
operations on the "Peelian Principals", which are nine basic principals developed by Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850)
as a basis for Law Enforcement Operations. Though these principals were developed a long time ago, I believe they are still
relevent today, and in the best interest of this community. I have outlined these principals below: “The Peelian Principles”
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- 1850
“The Founder of Modern Policing” | | Peelian
Principle 1 - “The basic mission for which the police exist is to prevent crime and disorder.” Peelian Principle 2 - “The
ability of the police to perform their duties is dependent upon public approval of police actions.”
Peelian Principle 3 - “Police must secure the willing co-operation of the
public in voluntary observance of the law to be able to secure and maintain the respect of the public.”
Peelian Principle 4 - “The degree of co-operation of the public that can
be secured diminishes proportionately to the necessity of the use of physical force.”
Peelian
Principle 5 - “Police seek and preserve public favour not by catering to the public
opinion but by constantly demonstrating absolute impartial service to the law.”
Peelian Principle
6 - “Police use physical force to the extent necessary to secure observance of the
law or to restore order only when the exercise of persuasion, advice and warning is found to be insufficient.”
Peelian Principle 7 - “Police, at all times, should maintain a relationship
with the public that gives reality to the historic tradition that the police are the public and the public are the police;
the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full-time attention to duties which are incumbent on every
citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence.”
Peelian Principle 8 - “Police should always direct their action strictly towards their functions and never appear to usurp
the powers of the judiciary.”
Peelian Principle 9 - “The test of police efficiency
is the absence of crime and disorder, not the visible evidence of police action in dealing with it.” This website is just a part of our effort to keep our citizens
and visitors to our community appraised on what is going on in our department, and to pass on information which we feel you
would like to know. Take a look around, and come back often, as postings here will change as new information arrives. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to sign our guestbook or contact me
at: jandrews6811@iowatelecom.net
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