OUR MISSION
To protect life and property, prevention and detection of crime, and maintain the peace.
OUR VISION
To make the Turks and Caicos Islands a safe and secure country in which to visit, invest, work, and live.
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
We will strive to fulfill our Mission and Aim while being guided at all times by the following key principles:
- Efficient, effective and economical use of our resources (financial, physical and human)
- We will do without favour or affection, Malice or ill will regardless of ethnic origin, religious belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability or social background and within the laws and Constitution of the Turks and Caicos
- We will provide a service that reflects local priorities and is acceptable to communities and agencies
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
We will:
- In partnership with the TCI Government Agencies and the local communities we serve, provide an open, professional and ethical policing service
- Uphold the rule of law and reassure our communities, through a visible and accessible policing service, by maintaining public order, detecting crime and by reducing crime and the fear of crime
- Safeguard the rights of all citizens, especially their fundamental human rights
OUR VALUES
- Respect
- Transparency,
- Compassion,
- Integrity,
- Professionalism, &
- Fairness
OUR WAY OF WORKING
- Through active leadership, robust supervision and ethical strategies, ensure that everyone is treated fairly and with the proper use of discretion
- Promote equality of opportunity and promote good race relations between people of different racial groups and eliminate racial discrimination where we can
- Act within the law at all times using only minimum force required to effect our lawful purpose
- Record all allegations of crime and conduct professional, high quality investigations, particularly of those crimes that cause widespread public concern
- Maintain the security and integrity of all information and intelligence which is within the possession and control of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force
- Conduct robust investigations into suspected corruption and complaints against all staff
- Respond to well-founded criticism, acknowledge