After 35 years of working with the NYPD, Juanita Holmes will become commissioner of the city's Department of Probation starting Monday.

Dalvanie Powell, president of the United Probation Officers Association, joined NY1's Dean Meminger Sunday to talk about the department and pay equality.

According to Powell, probation officers are undervalued and don't get the credit for the work that they do.

"We're considered to the city as civilians, which I don't understand," she said, adding that probation officers are at the lower end of the pay range.

On Tuesday, the group will have a rally at City Hall to call for higher pay.

"The work of a probation officer is challenging because we're the perfect example of what the scales of justice [are]. We have to strike the balance of keeping the community safe while working with others who have been convicted of crime, helping them become law-abiding citizens," Powell said.

When asked about working with the union, Mayor Eric Adams said Friday, "We want to make sure that those men and women receive the level of respect that they deserve. And the Commissioner Holmes has the real ability of examining how do we bring up the morale in these agencies and so I'm looking forward for it to come with some real recommendations to me and Deputy Mayor Banks."

In response to Adams, Powell said she looks forward to working with him and Holmes because "it's way overdue."