It’s an exciting time to live and work in Cape Coral. Violent crime remains low, and to keep it that way, we will focus on being proactive in the upcoming year and beyond.  Already we have hired and trained dozens of new police officers, who will be of great value on our streets, keeping the community safe. Within the concept of community-oriented policing, the Cape Coral Police Department will continue to strive for a strong partnership with our city leaders and citizens. Our department has a commitment to pursuing excellence in everything we do, striving to be the premier law enforcement agency in Florida. In doing so, our city will attain the highest level of safety possible.

The core purpose of the Cape Coral Police Department is declared by its mission statement, which is to ensure the safety and well being of our community through a partnership with our citizens. Although we can take great pride and pleasure in knowing that our efforts in the past have been successful, we must look at the current and future issues we are faced with and take the necessary steps to keep Cape Coral a safe community.

Crime, itself, is not the only quality of life issue the department is focusing on. Over the next year, the Cape Coral Police Department will focus on keeping the roadways safe. Traffic issues deserve a great deal of attention in our expanding city. Our goal in traffic services is to dedicate our activities to an outcome—in this case, it's important to cut down on crashes, injuries and deaths.  Our approach to this worthy endeavor is to police intelligently and with a meaningful purpose by identifying the problem areas and targeting those areas to achieve the desired outcome.