The Zion Police Department, centrally located in a beautiful building at Salem Blvd. and Gilboa Ave. consists of 66 employees trained to serve the needs of the community in a variety of law enforcement and service functions.

The mission statement of the Zion Police Department is “to maintain peace and good order; protect life, property and the rights of all citizens equally; prevent and investigate crime and to respond to the community needs.”

As you could probably determine from the last line of the mission statement the Zion Police Department is committed to the concept and philosophy of “community policing.” This means that we look for every opportunity to partner with our individual citizens, our churches, neighborhoods and businesses, our schools and park district, striving to improve the quality of life for all of our citizens. In this effort we recognize the strengths of the racial diversity of our community and how it positively impacts our goals and successes.

The Zion Police Department is pleased to announce that we passed our on-site assessment that took place from December 7 –11, 2002 and are scheduled to receive our C.A.L.E.A. accreditation (Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies) in Orlando, Fla. on March 22, 2003. This designation is an international recognition of excellence that only 13 percent of U.S. police agencies have accomplished. Accreditation assures that we are operating at nationally accepted professional standards and is an accomplishment that our police department and community are very proud of.

The Zion Police Department is privileged to serve the citizens of this great city and encourage them to get involved to help improve an already outstanding organization.