2019-08-23 Police Commission Regular Minutes

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Hawaii Police Commission Regular Session Minutes August 23, 2019 Page 2 lot of abandoned vehicles on the property. Chair De Luz stated that he has dealt with these people for years. Once they move in, it becomes an instant crime wave. AC O'Connor stated that if they move out, they move on to another house. Traffic Report: Assistant Chief Kanehailua reported that fiscal year to date July, there were 93 traffic crashes, 15 traffic fatalities, and 84 DUI arrests. For the month of July, 3,830 citations were issued: 2,718 moving/regulatory, 210 seat belt, 30 child restraint, and 872 speeding. No traffic trends were identified. Personnel Report: Assistant Chief Thomas reported having 60 sworn vacancies without the recruits. The 89th recruit class of 14 officers is in field training which will end September 30. They hope to deploy most of them on October 2. They are actively working on testing for the 91St recruit class. Dispatch has 9 vacancies, 6 of which are new positions. They are currently working on background checks on 19 applicants. Dispatch is a very difficult position to fill and retain. They have 45 assigned dispatch positions. Commissioners were encouraged to visit the dispatch center. Finance Report: AC Thomas reported that their Salaries & Wages target expenditure is at 12.5%. The County Council removed overtime from their budget. Commendations of Sworn and Civilian Employees: Chief reported receiving 13 commendations involving 50 personnel since the last meeting. Other Department Activities: Chief Ferreira reported that they went through CALEA assessment August 5-9. Deputy Chief Bugado reported that they first did a web - based assessment. The site based assessment was next, and they focused on disaster preparedness, community involvement, and patrol officer investigative skills. The assessors did ride -a -longs. They talked to the Mayor and Civil Defense Director and were very impressed with their disaster preparedness. They took a trip to the volcano event and up to Mauna Kea. On the second day, they took call-in phone calls. The received 15 calls that took most of the scheduled 2 hours. Later that evening, they had in-person public comments where they heard 8-9 people. Chief Ferreira reported that one of the assessors sent him an email commending his staff on their work. The final conference will be in Kentucky where they will go before the CALEA board. His understanding is that they did not have any discrepancies. Accreditation is for 4 years. CALEA has upgraded their standards since their first accreditation. Chief Ferreira further reported that this year's new budget was passed. In that budget, they got approval for 32 sworn positions, 10 to Puna, 10 to Ka'u, and supervisory personnel across the island. They were also given 11 new non -sworn