IN ARKOMA WHERE SOME RESIDENTS SAY THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY. THE FORMER ARKOMA POLICE CHIEF WOULD NOT TALK ON CAMERA BUT SAID HE AND THE OTHER TWO OFFICERS RESIGNED THIS MORNING DUE TO LOW PAY AND LACK OF SUPPORT FROM TOWN LEADERS. THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR SAYS A NEW INTERIM CHIEF WAS PUT IN PLACE LATE THIS AFTERNOON IN CASE THERE'S ANY EMERGENCIES. <TAMMY TRITT - LIVES IN ARKOMA> "we have supported them, the people have supported them, city hall has not." "I want them to know that they need to start supporting our police officers and paying them what they're supposed to be paying them." <PERFECTO RODRIGUEZ - LIVES IN ARKOMA> "there's not going to be nobody to protect nobody, it's going to be like the old west." ARKOMA RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED AFTER LEARNING THE POLICE CHIEF AND TWO OFFICERS RESIGNED WEDNESDAY. NOW FORMER CHIEF JOHN BUSZEK SAID OFFICERS WERE PROMISED A 50-CENT RAISE STARTING IN JULY, BUT THAT NEVER HAPPENED. BUSZEK SAID THE STARTING PAY IN ARKOMA FOR A POLICE OFFICER IS $14 DOLLARS AN HOUR. <TAMMY TRITT - LIVES IN ARKOMA> "they're putting their lives on the line for us for $14 an hour, that's ridiculous." PART TIME TOWN ADMINISTRATOR GREG BUCKLEY WAS NOT ABLE TO DO AN INTERVIEW BUT SAID HE COULD NOT COMMENT ABOUT THE PAY RAISES FOR POLICE. <TAMMY TRITT - LIVES IN ARKOMA> "if they don't have money to take care of these officers fire that guy and give some of that money to them for their overtime. They deserve it. They put their lives on the line for us, they're the front liners, the first responders." <PERFECTO RODRIGUEZ - LIVES IN ARKOMA> "I thought they were here to help the city and help the people who run the city, like the police force, the fire department and other agencies that are trying to help the city. But instead of trying to help them, it seems they're trying to hurt them." BUCKELY SAID THOMAS LEONARD HAS BEEN NAMED INTERIM CHIEF AND IS READY TO RESPOND TO AN EMERGENCY IF NEEDED. LEONARD WAS ARKOMA POLICE CHIEF IN THE PAST. BUCKELY SAYS THERE'S ONE RESERVE OFFICER AVAILABLE AS WELL, BUT RESIDENTS WE TALKED TO HAVE THEIR DOUBTS. <PERFECTO RODRIGUEZ - LIVES IN ARKOMA> "I'm worried about, not only my safety but the other residents safety, because a lot of the people that live here are elderly and then the schools." "who's going to protect them?" <TAMMY TRITT - LIVES IN ARKOMA> "it's very concerning, what are we going to do about crime, call Leflore County and take them about an hour and a half, you know, a lot of people could be dead by then." THE TOWN ADMINISTRATOR SAYS POCOLA POLICE OFFICERS WILL HELP PROVIDE BACK UP TO THE INTERIM POLICE CHIEF AND RESERVE OFFICER IF NEEDED. THE SHERIFF SAYS DEPUTIES WI