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Chief's Office
SWEARING-IN CEREMONY
Beverly Chief of Police
MARK A. RAY
August 01, 2007
A Message From Chief Ray
Law enforcement is one of the
most visible services our city provides. The conduct and
effectiveness of police services influence our quality of
life and the future of our neighborhoods.
Effective
policing can be seen and felt when we walk through our
neighborhoods in the evening or when we are at play at a
city park with our children. It affects our confidence in
the future of our city.
The
citizens of Beverly have been clear on what they expect from
their police. They have asked for increased community
education and outreach programs; they want their police to
be more directly involved in their neighborhoods; they want
their police back in the schools and out on streets on
walking and bike patrols; our citizens want to be treated
fairly, with respect and dignity; and they want their police
to have the tools to do their job most efficiently, and this
includes a modern police facility.
To best
address our community’s needs, police and citizens must come
together in partnership as the most effective method to
prevent crime and raise the quality of life. A relationship
of trust and openness between police and our community is
essential.
In the near
future, the Beverly Police will initiate the development of
a Citizen Advisory Council to bring together members of our
community and police in a dynamic exchange of ideas to
continuously enhance the responsive, professional,
and courteous delivery of law enforcement services to
the citizens of Beverly.
Together we
will open more significant communications, develop clear
initiatives to tackle community problems, and establish
closer partnerships with local businesses and organizations.
My
commitment to the men and women of the Beverly Police
Department is to be fair in my judgment and clear in my
expectation; to always be open to innovative ideas; to work
relentlessly to provide you the modern tools, training,
equipment, and leadership that will allow this department to
efficiently and safely protect the people of this great
city; to challenge you constantly to improve yourself and to
improve the professional policing that you provide to this
community; and to make you proud when you say, “I am a
Beverly Police
Officer.”
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