2019-04-12 Police Commission Regular Minutes

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Hawaii Police Commission Regular Session Minutes April 12, 2019 Page 3 budget hearing, they will strongly support additional civilian personnel which is equally as important as the sworn positions they requested. The cellblock monitoring system is aging and needs to be replaced, but it has not been addressed because of the County's budget. Next week is National Telecommunicator's Week, and the Mayor signed a proclamation to honor dispatchers. They hope this will attract people to the position. They will be doing CALEA mock assessments next week. Every district and every section will be reviewed. Site assessments will be done in August. UNFINISHED BUSINESS • Program of Work for the Police Commission: Chair De Luz will work on this. • Program of Work for the Police Chief: Chair De Luz stated that he will ask two commissioners to track items of concern which will help when they do the Chief's annual evaluation. He will review the Chief's employee survey before deciding how to handle it. NEW BUSINESS • Correspondence 19-01 from the Salary Commission requesting input on the salary for the Police Chief and Deputy Chief. Chair De Luz stated that this is a continuance from last year. Deputy Chief Bugado stated that the Salary Commission sets the pay for the Chief and Deputy Chief and other department heads. Everyone else goes in line with the union. Assistant Chief Thomas stated that SHOPO negotiates for lieutenants and down. Salaries for the majors and assistant chiefs are based on the SHOPO agreement. Chair De Luz stated that SHOPO members, majors, and assistant chiefs get regular raises, but the Chief and Deputy could not get a raise for years. Major Thomas stated that as a major, he was getting paid more than the Chief and Deputy Chief. Commissioner Paiva stated that they previously recommended to the Salary Commission that the salary of the Chief and Deputy Chief be set at 10% and 5%, higher than the highest paid subordinates and be in line with union increases. Commissioner Mattos motioned to continue to support the Police Commission's letter to the Salary Commission dated November 7, 2018, in which they recommended a 10% and 5% increase for the Chief and Deputy Chief over the highest paid subordinate. Commissioner Paiva seconded, and it carried unanimously. Chair De Luz will attend the Salary Commission's meeting on May 16. • Review of the Police Commission's procedures for investigating complaints. Chair De Luz explained the procedures for the new commissioners. CHAIR'S REPORT ON OTHER COMMISSION ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTS Chair De Luz stated that the Honolulu Police Commission is hosting the State of Hawaii Police Commissioners' Conference on April 25 and 26.