Parkersburg Police Department Mission Statement
The Parkersburg Police Department shall provide leadership, coordination, and delivery of law enforcement and support services in order to preserve, protect, and defend people and property, while respecting the rights and dignity of all people. The department shall enforce all laws fairly, deter criminal activity, enhance traffic safety, and support the efforts of other law enforcement agencies and the entire criminal justice community.
Respect, Pride, and Tradition of the Police Decal
From our archives:
American Eagle, Flag, Olive Branch, Arrow and City Seal, secure in an unbroken circle.
In the center appears the shoulder patch worn by the officers, which bears the official City Seal of Parkersburg. Above the triangle patch, the American Eagle, which in itself is symbolic of all the department represents, freedom, peace, progress and their defense.
The decal is designed in a circle to indicate the strong unbroken unity of the members of the Parkersburg Police Department in their dedication to the preservation of all the decal represents, both in performance of their official duties and their everyday lives, thus the departments motto--Progress, Preserve, and Protect.
The decal was designed under the direction of D.V. Eaton, Chief of Police, October 1970, during the administration of Wm. P.A. Nicely, Mayor.
PROUDLY SERVING
PARKERSBURG SINCE 1873
