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It should also be noted that the 2005 General Plan contains a different standard for <br />the number of police officers: 2.5 per 1,000 population (pages 10-14 of the 2005 General <br />Plan) rather than 3.0 per 1,000 proposed under this bill. The bill is, therefore, <br />inconsistent with the Genera! Plan on this point, and if the 3.0 per 1,000 standard is <br />meant to be adopted, the General Plan should be amended first. <br />Police <br />Accounting for the number of police personnel by district is complicated by the <br />fact that some police functions such as administration, records, criminal investigation, <br />and vice, are centralized in South Hilo for "Area P' (East Hawai'i), and in Kona for "Area <br />IP' (West Hawai'i.) This means, for example, that a vice casein Puna is assigned to vice <br />officers stationed in South Hilo. This tends to skew the per-district number higher for <br />South I3'ilo and Kona. <br />Exhibit F shows the authorized and actual sworn police personnel assigned to <br />various districts. (The Police Department did not provide a separate breakdown for North <br />and South Kona). This gives the following number of officers (authorized positions) per <br />1,000 population: <br />2000 Census 2010 Population Projection <br />Puna 1.69 1.24 <br />Hilo 3.50 0.50 <br />N. Hilo 6.98 6.98 <br />Hamakua 2.95 2.~4 <br />N. Kohala 2.48 1.89 <br />S. Kohala 2.51 1.81 <br />N/S Kona 3.15 2.57 <br />Ka'u 3.09 2.55 <br />Thus, it appears that all districts except North and South Hilo currently fall below <br />the 3 per 1,000 standard and rezoning in all other districts would be banned until <br />sufficient police strength was authorized. <br />If the districts are lumped together into "Area P' and "Area 1T', to account for the <br />centralization of some functions, we get the following number ofofficers per 1,000 <br />population: <br />-3- <br />