If you steal from the casino we arrest you. If you steal from an Indian we arrest you. If you steal from the police department we fire you. When the Depratment steals from their officers, nothing is done and no explanation is given. Let me explain. In January of this year, after the failed attempt to get us 20% put into our 401K in lieu of a retirment, we are told we finally get a pay scale. Everybody is told we are now on a step plan and some officers pay is slightly adjusted. No one sees the pay scale, we are not allowed to see to that information. Finally at a meeting with the Chief he passes around the pay scale and does not allow people to take photos of it or copy it. All the new officers marvel in delight that the starting pay is $ 51,000. Then the pay scale is leaked. This is what we know. Officers are not getting paid the amount they should be according to the pay scale. We have 5-7 year officers on pay step 2. We have Detectives that have been here 10 years making the same as a 4th year officer. we have sergeants with over 12 years of experience making the same as a 6th year officer. For me personally, I should be making $6,000 more than what I do now. That's $ 500 a month!. I have a good friend that is being underpaid nearly $10,000 a year. You may ask how does this happen. Why did the police department not plug officers salaries in to match their years of service. Here's why. The police department may have a step plan but the seminole Tribe dosent. the tribe does not give pay raises every year. If gaming revenues are down, no raise. I have only received 1 raise in the past five years. So how does this effect the step plan. The police department does not advance you a step if the tribe does not grant a raise. So although we have a 10 year step plan, it may take you 30 years to get to top out pay. This from one of the largest and most successful gaming businesses in the world. Maybe all the money that they save by under paying us can be put back into the 6 digits that was stolen from the evidence room. It's funny if the attorneys ever learned of how the department mishandles money they would be filing motion after motion to get those casino theft cases dropped. You can't steal from the officer's and allows officers to use the evidence room as their personal piggy bank and expect us to go out there and care for our community by arresting anyone who steals from the Indians. Chief I believe you need to come out of hiding and address this crisis.