2019-05-17 Police Commission Regular Minutes

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Hawaii Police Commission Regular Session Minutes May 17, 2019 Page 2 • Traffic Report: AC O'Connor reported that year-to-date, they had 7 traffic fatalities. For the month of April, 5,527 citations were issued for: moving/regulatory 4,034, seatbelt 373, child restraint 40, and speeding 1,080. In May, they had 27 DUI arrests; 6 involved auto accidents. • Personnel Report: Assistant Chief Thomas reported having 22 sworn vacancies. By the end of May they will have additional vacancies. They are doing background checks for the 91 st recruit class. They recently hired 4 new dispatchers. • Finance Report: Assistant Chief Thomas reported that they are over their budget for overtime. The Mayor gave them two more positions. Commissioner Bertsch stated that their personnel numbers have gone up, but their supplies budget hasn't gone up. AC Thomas stated that they move funds around and live with what they have. • Commendations of Sworn and Civilian Employees: Chief Ferreira reported receiving 8 commendations involving 16 personnel since the last commission meeting. • Other Department Activities: Deputy Chief Bugado reported that they had CALEA mock assessments April 15-18. Assessors toured every district station and conducted interviews. They received a positive report from the assessors who made recommendations. They pointed out that they have an incredible amount of vehicles in storage. Many of the vehicles are being held for the Prosecutor. They have taken steps to get more space in their warehouse. Sometimes they have up to 60 vehicles. Deputy Chief Bugado stated that some have been sitting there for 20 years. Chief Ferreira stated that the cases have to be adjudicated in court. Commissioner Bertsch requested a presentation on CALEA. Chief Ferreira reported that with regards to their training budget, the instructors are the same no matter how many recruits they have. They always look at grants and other areas of funding for training. Training is also done via computer. They have a training coalition throughout the state that they share and piggy back with the other counties. Their budget hearing with the County Council will be on May 22. They always welcome the commission's support at the hearings. Police week ceremonies were held the past week. He thanked Commissioner Bertsch for attending both ceremonies in Hilo and Kona. Commissioners are welcome to attend all ceremonies and commanders' meetings. UNFINISHED BUSINESS • Program of Work for the Police Commission: No report. • Program of Work for the Police Chief: No report. CHAIR'S REPORT ON MATTERS OF INTEREST TO THE COMMISSION (None.)