• INTEGRITY

    Our actions and relationship with the community are guided by an internal sense of honesty and morality.

  • PROFESSIONALISM

    Our conduct and demeanor display the highest standard of personal and organizational excellence.

  • DIVERSITY

    Our members recognize the differences as a strength in our organization and community.

  • ACCOUNTABILITY

    Our duty is to promote public trust by upholding our obligations to the department and community.

  • VIGILANCE

    Our responsibility is to be alert to issues and activities impacting our tribal communities.

COMPLAINTS

Personnel Complaint Procedure

It is the policy of the Seminole Police Department to investigate all complaints made against the department or its personnel, thoroughly, completely and impartially. A proper relationship between the department and the citizens we serve, fostered by trust and confidence, is essential to effective law enforcement efforts.

The Seminole Police Department complaint process has been developed to ensure this proper relationship provides people with a fair and effective method to address legitimate complaints against Police Department personnel and to protect officers and employees from false charges of misconduct or wrongdoing.

The department would prefer you speak with a supervisor when you file a complaint. We do this to ensure that we obtain all the necessary information that we will need to fully and impartially investigate your complaint, as well as expedite the resolution of any complaints.

If you do not want to speak with a supervisor, you are able to file a complaint against an employee or officer by fully and accurately completing the attached complaint form. We ask that you print neatly or type the form if possible.

If you need help with the complaint form, which is attached, you can call a Professional Standards Investigator at 954-967-8900. The investigator will assist you with any questions you may have. When you have completed the complaint form, you can return it to the Police Department in any of the following ways:

  • Drop it off at any of the Seminole Police Department front desks sealed in an envelope.
  • Give it to any Seminole Police Department officer or employee sealed in an envelope.
  • Mail it to the Police Department.
  • Fax it to the Police Department at 954-983-3341.

The Police Department will assign your complaint to a supervisor to investigate. The supervisor will contact you. You can contact that supervisor at any time to follow the progress of your complaint.

It certainly is unfortunate that you had the occasion to be less than satisfied with a member of our department, and we certainly hope that all future contacts with members of our department are positive ones.

Complaint Form