​​​​​​​Core Values, Mission & Vision Statement

”The South Coatesville Police Department is responsible for protecting the lives, homes and properties of the residents and businesses of the Borough of South Coatesville, as well as the general public visiting or passing through the Borough of South Coatesville. The South Coatesville Police Department is dedicated to serving all citizens by responding to calls for police service, enforcing state and local laws, performing preventative patrol activities, conducting criminal investigations, promoting traffic safety, and apprehending criminal and traffic offenders. The South Coatesville Police Department’s core values are the preservation of human life, integrity, professionalism and service. Our mission is to be responsive to Borough residents and to protect the constitutional rights of all citizens. Our vision is to continue to deliver loyal and dedicated service to the residents of South Coatesville Borough, and the general public, by providing the most efficient and progressive police service possible”.   ~ 

Law enforcement is a many faceted profession. As such, the South Coatesville Police Department (SCPD) is a many faceted organization with several purposes.

The primary purpose of the SCPD is the protection of life and property for the residents of the Borough of South Coatesville regardless race, color, creed, sex, religion, sexual orientation, age, national origin or financial status. This protection is provided by the fair and equitable enforcement of the laws of the United States of America, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the Ordinances of the Borough of South Coatesville.

The SCPD will strive to render aid to those in need and provide, when possible, all appropriate services to not only borough residents, but to any person who is in need and to provide effective leadership, training, public education, and professional growth to its citizens.

Through diligent patrol, the SCPD will endeavor to identify, pursue and apprehend offenders, maintain a proactive patrol attitude in order to reduce the opportunity to commit crime, interact with the citizenry, maintain order, provide miscellaneous police services, and to ensure the safe and expeditious movement of vehicular traffic on public roadways.

The SCPD shall strive to provide a working environment and career opportunities for its employees so that services are provided with integrity, professionalism, mutual respect, and concern. The SCPD is comprised of dedicated officers committed to exceeding the highest standards of professionalism and personal ethics.

On the occasion when an officer is not available, the Borough of South Coatesville is serviced by the Pennsylvania State Police, Embreeville Station. It is the Department’s goal to provide citizens a safe community in which to live, work and travel.  A partnership built upon leadership, performance, sensitivity, integrity, accountability and high ideals.