Mission Statements
NOBLE NATIONAL MISSION
To ensure EQUITY IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE in the provision of public service to all communities, and to serve as the conscience of law enforcement by being committed to JUSTICE BY ACTION.
- Continuously learns from the collective knowledge of its members, and other sources of criminal justice research and data, while simultaneously working to rapidly convert this learning into action;
- Working to ensure long-term organizational stability by identifying and establishing mutually beneficial relationships with corporations and other funding sources;
- Recommending and executing policies, processes and procedures that recognize and pursue goals common to all segments of the community and law enforcement, with a focus on ensuring strict accountability and uncompromising integrity;
- Promoting and encouraging attitudes and characteristics that permit adaptability to the changing demands placed on law enforcement, and the development of professional and communication competencies that help view, comprehend and shape appropriate responses to an ever-changing environment; and
- Increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of NOBLE through a clearly defined and shared sense of purpose and commitment among its members.
NOBLE MASSACHUSETTS MISSION
Like our national organization, our mission is to ensure equity in the administration of justice in the provision of public service to all communities, and to serve as the conscience of law enforcement by being committed to justice by action. We also strive to build a stronger rapport with the people within our communities, enhance professional development among our members, and establish robust support apparatuses for fellow law-enforcement representatives that can be utilized in all facets of the profession.
NOBLE MASSACHUSETTS FOUNDERS
Suffolk County Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins (President), Cambridge Police Commissioner Dr. Branville G. Bard, Jr. (Vice President), Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins (Parliamentarian), Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department Special Sheriff and Superintendent Yolanda Smith (Secretary), Immediate Past President at the National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement Brian Corr (Treasurer) and Boston Police Commissioner William Gross (Sergeant-at-Arms). Gary Bracey; Michael Burks, Chief, Town of Hudson Police Department; Lieutenant Detective Lisa Butner, Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Police; Joseph Carter, Adjutant General, Massachusetts National Guard; John Gibbons, Marshal, United States Marshals Service; Kenneth Green, Chief, MBTA Transit Police; James Hicks, Chief, Town of Natick Police Department; and Sandy Zamor-Calixte, Chief of External Affairs, Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department.
History
The National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) was founded in September, 1976, during a three (3) – day symposium to address crime in urban low income areas. The symposium was co-sponsored by the Police Foundation and the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA). The Joint Center for Political Studies (JCPS) coordinated this unprecedented event in which sixty (60) top-ranking black law enforcement executives representing twenty – four (24) states and fifty – five (55) major cities gathered in the Washington, D.C. area to participate. They exchanged views about the critically high rate of crime in black urban communities and the socioeconomic conditions that lead to crime and violence. They raised questions about relevant issues such as fairness in the administration of justice, police community relations, the hiring and promotion of black police officers, and the unique problems of the black police executive.