The Tiverton Police Department is committed to fair, impartial, and equitable law enforcement for all members of our community. Every individual—regardless of race, color, ethnicity, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, religion, socioeconomic status, or disability—deserves to be treated with dignity and respect.
Our officers are trained to make enforcement decisions based solely on observed behavior, facts, and the law—not on personal characteristics or biases. The department strictly prohibits any form of discriminatory policing, profiling, or disparate treatment.
To support this commitment, the Tiverton Police Department offers ongoing training in bias awareness, cultural competency, de-escalation techniques, and procedural justice. Supervisors actively review enforcement activity and citizen interactions to ensure compliance with department policy and professional standards.
We recognize that public trust is earned through consistent actions that reflect fairness, transparency, and integrity. The Tiverton Police Department remains dedicated to maintaining a strong partnership with the community we serve—built upon mutual trust, accountability, and respect for the rights of all individuals.
Please click the below link to see the Tiverton Police Department’s policy on unbiased policing:
If you feel that you have been the subject of bias-based policing by a member of the Tiverton Police Department, please go to our Compliment/Complaint Against an Employee Page.
The United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division enforces federal laws that protect you from discrimination based on your race, color, national origin, disability status, sex, religion, familial status, or loss of other constitutional rights. If you believe your civil rights, or someone else’s, have been violated, please see the USDOJ Civil Rights Division Online Reporting page.
The Comprehensive Community-Police Relationship Act (CCPRA) of 2015 (2015-S 0669aa, 2015-H 5819A) requires all police departments to collect data on race at traffic stops and to submit the data to the Department of Transportation’s Office of Highway Safety in an annual report indicating what action has been taken to address any racial disparities in traffic stops and searches documented in previous reports.
Please click the links below to see CCPRA (Race Data) statistics.