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Alexandria maintains a modern, highly trained and well equipped police department, with a current authorized strength of 302 officers. The basic mission of the Police Department is to maintain law and order, protect persons and property, apprehend persons suspected of crime, direct and control traffic, investigate traffic accidents, and enforce all state and city criminal laws.

The Department is committed to community policing; a partnership of police officers and citizens working together to address crime and neighborhood quality-of-life issues. In fulfilling their roles, the men and women of the Police Department are guided by the following values: "human life, integrity, the laws and Constitution, excellence, accountability, cooperation, problem solving, and our-selves and our role in the community."

In 1986, the Alexandria Police Department was accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies. The Department was re-accredited in 1991, 1996 and again in 2001.

The Police Department is located at 2003 Mill Road. The telephone number for police emergencies is 911. For non-emergency calls and general information, call 703-838-4444.