The Association is a professional organization of chiefs of police and other executives of police, public safety and private law enforcement organizations across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Association provides a vehicle through which members can come together, examine their positions on issues, and address the needs of their colleagues.

The values that guide the Association’s working decisions are central to its mission. These values include accountability, continuous improvement, diversity, education and training, human life, innovation, the laws and Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, problem-solving, compassion, cooperation, excellence, fairness, inclusion, integrity, personal autonomy, and professionalism. When put into practice, these values help the Association contribute to the quality of life across the state.

The Association’s values are characteristics of qualities of work. Although the membership of the Association may need to balance these values from time to time on both an individual and collective basis, the Association will never ignore these values for the sake of expediency or personal preference. The Association holds these values constantly before it to teach and remind the Association’s membership, and the communities which those members serve, of the Association’s ideals. These values are the cornerstone upon which the Association is founded.

In fulfilling its mission, the Association needs the support of the residents and elected officials of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Association’s staff in order to provide the quality of service which the Association’s values commit it to providing.

The Association seeks to serve and protect all residents of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; as such, the Association aims to earn and maintain the unqualified respect of all residents. The Association’s members aim to be respected leaders in their communities, throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, throughout the United States of America, and internationally.

With these aims in mind, the Association promotes the professional and personal development of its members through innovative services, training, peer counseling and comradeship. The Association makes a positive impact on the quality of life in the communities which its members serve through pro-active leadership in the following: community partnerships, ethics and integrity, knowledge and information dissemination, promoting legislation which advances the mission of the Association before the United States Congress and the Pennsylvania General Assembly, media relations, professional standards, vision, and innovative change.