Skip to content
Welcome to Public Safety
The Bainbridge Public Safety Department is responsible for the protection of the lives and property of the citizens of Bainbridge and employs the public safety concept in fulfilling this responsibility. The public safety concept is the consolidation of police and fire. The Department is overseen by its Director and has a Chief of Police and Fire Chief who each manage their prospective sides of the agency. The public safety concept requires its members of the department to be cross-trained and cross-certified in police services as well as in fire services.
Mission Statement
The Bainbridge Department of Public Safety is a part of the City of Bainbridge’s governmental service providing a team with specific responsibilities to provide a safe and secure community in partnership with the rest of the city governmental team and our citizens.
The primary mission of the Bainbridge Department of Public Safety is to maintain social order within prescribed ethical and constitutional limits while providing professional law enforcement and fire suppression services. The agency provides these services through our core values: Professionalism, Ethical Conduct, Respect, Courtesy, and Cost Efficient in a fair and impartial manner, recognizing both the statutory and judicial limitations of its authority and the constitutional rights of all persons.
The agency recognizes that no agency can operate at its maximum potential without the support from the citizens it serves. This agency will actively solicit and encourage a cooperative relationship with all of the citizens to reduce and limit the opportunities for crime and fires and to facilitate the maximum use of resources. Additionally, in order for the agency to effectively meet the needs of the citizens, it must establish short, medium, and long-term goals to give guidance and direction to agency personnel.
The City of Bainbridge has an ISO Class rating of 4.
Bainbridge Public Safety has two stations:
Headquarters - 510 East Louise Street
Station 2 - Spring Creek Road; serves as a substation to headquarters and is most often manned 24 hours a day by firefighters.