Apr 21st, 2025
The Mobile Police Department is pleased to announce they have completed a pledge to enhance trust and collaboration between police and the communities served. The pledge is part of an initiative called the Trust Building Campaign which was started by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), the world’s largest and most influential professional association for police leaders. To join the Trust Building Campaign, law enforcement agencies must pledge to implement 25 key policies and leading practices within a 36-month period, which Chief Jackson has already received and accomplished a certificate of completion.
Chief William Jackson made the decision to join the Trust Building Campaign because he wanted to ensure the citizens of Mobile that the Mobile Police Department is staying on the cutting edge of policies and procedures that his department follows every day.
By completing the Trust Building Campaign Pledge, the Mobile Police Department established policies and trainings, conducted assessments, and developed strategies within six focus areas (bias-free policing; use of force; leadership and culture; recruitment, hiring and retention; victim services; and community relations) designed to encourage positive community-police partnerships that promote safe, effective interactions, create strategies to prevent and reduce crime, and improve the wellbeing and quality of life for all.
The IACP is encouraged by the efforts of agencies as they incorporate the pledge’s concepts into their everyday operations. When trust building is prioritized, community members and the police benefit from relationships focused on unified visions, goals, and values. Building and rebuilding trust in the community, and around the world, is critical and must remain a primary objective.
The greatest benefit in taking the Trust Building Campaign Pledge has been to have our policies and procedures reviewed by an outside entity to ensure that what we are doing here at the Mobile Police Department keeps us at the forefront in law enforcement and fosters a relationship with our citizens so they know we are taking proactive measures to ensure we are operating with the best and highest practices in law enforcement.
“I am excited to take part in the Trust Building Campaign so that the citizens of our great city know that we don’t just look within our department ourselves, but that we welcomed our policies and procedures to be examined by the International Association of Chiefs of Police to review so that we know we continue to set the bar as a professional law enforcement agency,” said Chief Jackson.
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MOBILE POLICE DEPARTMENT