About the Department

Mission Statement

  • Establish partnerships with all facets of our community to include all citizens, businesses, and schools
  • Proactively solve problems which will reduce the calls for service
  • Embrace technological advances, and to use these advances to assist in our service delivery to the community
  • Be responsive to the needs of our community in addressing school issues, gangs, graffiti, and quality of life issues that affect all of us

We have the capabilities to work with the community and solve these problems. Solving these problems will truly make Newport a great community and show the citizens the professionalism of the Newport Police Department.  Newport Police Officers enforce federal, state, and local laws and have full power of arrest and apprehension in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Values Statement

These values are what make a Newport Police Officer what he or she is. They are simple, yet very important, and are the foundation upon which the Newport Police Department stands to provide a professional service to all.

  • Honesty - The single most reliable mark of an officer's value. Honesty is dealing in a straightforward and open manner with all members of the public and the department.
  • Professionalism - Being professional means being punctual, courteous, prepared and well groomed. It also means having and showing respect for every person an officer encounters.
  • Loyalty - Loyalty encompasses many things. You must be loyal to the city, to the Newport Police, and most importantly, to your peers. Supervisors must display loyalty to their subordinates, as subordinates must be loyal to their supervisors.
  • Attention to Detail - If it's worth doing, it's worth doing thoroughly. Attention to detail is the mark of the professional.
  • Adaptability - Officers must maintain flexibility with a high degree of performance. An officer's job is never the same from one day to the next. He or she must be able to make changes and still perform the job to the highest degree.
  • Courage - Officers must have the strength to challenge adversity when faced with it in their daily routine. Mental and physical preparedness are essential to handle the challenges of the job.

Benefits of Accreditation

The Newport Police Department has been accredited through the Kentucky Association of Chiefs of Police (KACP) since 1997. This process brought about several positive changes to the department. One of the most important is the way that we do business. This agency thrives on community relations and being people-oriented. This changed the attitude of how citizens in the community and other peers in the law enforcement community view the agency.

The accreditation process with its state-accepted standards not only ensures that the agency says it is doing something but puts checks and balances in place to ensure that the agency is walking the walk. It gives the agency the tools that it needs to effectively make decisions concerning the budget, manpower, developing future plans, and many other areas. The agency has also received monetary benefits from the accreditation process. The years prior to being accredited were riddled with lawsuits and high liability issues. The Kentucky Municipal Risk Management Association (KMRMA) dropped the City from its insurance coverage due to these high claims. Following accreditation, KMRMA took the agency back into its insurance pool due to the decreased amount of lawsuits and liability claims. Other benefits included increased officer pay, better equipment, increased training, and more accountability within the agency and community.

Professionalism begins with guidelines that state what is required to do the right thing. But it goes far beyond these guidelines; it must be a mentality that is instilled in the men and women who work for you to make the accreditation process work. Without the support and hard dedicated work of these professionals, the accreditation process would be impossible to maintain. My hat goes off to the men and women of the Newport Police Department and the hard work that they do every single day to maintain these high standards. These professional standards should be the norm for all police agencies around the world and I highly recommend the accreditation process.

The Newport Police Department prides itself on its cooperation and affiliation with numerous national, state and local public service agencies and community groups, in an effort to provide quality services to our constituents.

Affiliations and programs include:

  • Anti-Terrorism Advisory Council (ATAC)
  • Buenger Boys and Girls Club
  • Brighton Center
  • Campbell County Multi-Disciplinary Team (child abuse)
  • Campbell County TRIAD (organization for senior citizens)
  • Campbell County Police Chiefs Association
  • Career Fair at Newport High School
  • Department of Criminal Justice Training (DOCJT)
  • Department of Emergency Services (DES)
  • Department of Homeland Security
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Governor’s DUI/Highway Safety Program
  • Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC)
  • Kentucky Child Safety Council
  • Kentucky Crime Prevention Coalition (KCPC)
  • Kentucky League of Cities
  • Kentucky Police Chiefs Association
  • Kentucky Tactical Officers Association (KTOA)
  • National Bicycle Safety Week
  • National Crime Prevention Coalition (NCPC)
  • National Night Out
  • National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C)
  • Newport Citizens Advisory Council (NCAC)
  • Newport Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association (NCPAAA)
  • Newport Business Association
  • Newport Independent Schools
  • Newport On The Levee
  • Newport Neighborhood Group Association
  • Northern Kentucky Drug Strike Force (NKDSF)
  • Northern Kentucky Branch of the NAACP
  • Project Child Safe (Gun Safety Program)
  • Regional Community Policing Institute (Ohio and Kentucky)
  • Northern Kentucky Police Chiefs Association (NKPCA)
  • Southwest Business College Law Enforcement Program
  • State of Ohio Accreditation Resources (SOAR)
  • USA Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association (USACPAAA)