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PEACEFUL SKY ALLIANCE Board of Directors Wolf Daniel Braun President Share e. St. Cyr Secretary Jasper Moore Treasurer George Graywolf Klare Matthew Rifkin Devaki Klarc Andrea Tischler Dr. Yvonne Connor Megan Isaac - Magdalene Roger Christie Kaliko o Lebua Vernon Kanaele Sr. PO. Box 10896 Hilo,Hawai'i 96721 (808) 938 -0644 peacefulskyhawaii@gmail.com www.peacefulskyalliance.org Councilman Dominic Yagong Chairman of Committee for Public Safety, Parks & Recreation c/o 25 Aupuni Street Suite 209 Hilo, Hawai'i 96720 November 19, 2009 Re: Proposal for Grievance Procedures to be established immediately, as required by HCC §14 - 102 Aloha Mr. Dominic Yagong, Enclosed please find a memorandum proposing specific grievance procedures be established that are in compliance with HCC § 14 -102. As you know there has not been such a grievance procedure established and it remains the responsibility of the Hawai'i County Council to establish such a procedure by working with the Police Commission. We consider our proposal to have practical merit because while only minimal additional costs are incurred to the Police Commission or County by posting an additional pdf form and amending the monthly agenda it does provide redress for those with grievances specific to this law. This would meet the requirements of §14 -102 that specific grievance procedures are provided. We consider the fact that since this law was passed over a year ago, this matter has become urgent because there is still no provision for complaints concerning violations of the law as specified by HCC §14- 102 and yet it is evident that harm to the community continues as a result of continuing activity that is "contrary to the `lowest law enforcement priority'." We have sent several letters of correspondence to the Police Commission regarding the lack of grievance procedures. We intend to provide submissions regarding this matter at the Police Commission meeting of November 20, 2009 at 9am at the Liquor Control Department in Hilo. At this time we will include a copy of this proposal with a request that they address the urgent need to provide grievance procedures for any member of the public who believes that they were subjected to law enforcement activity "contrary to the `lowest law enforcement priority" as required by HCC §14 -102. In addition, we will be sending a copy of this proposal to Police Chief Kubojiri for his attention. Please let us know you have received this letter along with the attached proposal. We ask you to consider tabling this proposal, or something very similar, on an upcoming agenda for the next meeting of the Committee of Public Safety, Parks and Recreation. aalo ; oI tel Braun, On behalf of the Board of Peaceful Sky Alliance cc: Chief Kubojiri, Hawai'i County Police Department PEACEFUL SKY ALLIANCE IS A NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION INCORPORATED IN THE STATE OF HAWAII.