2020-02-21 Police Commission Regular Minutes

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Hawaii Police Commission Regular Session Minutes February 21, 2020 Page 4 training at any time. On April 15, at 1:00 p.m., they go before the County Council Finance Committee regarding their budget. They were told to come up with a status quo budget, 5% reduction, and 8% reduction. The cuts will come out of equipment and training. Vice Chair Schutte stated that the small canoe club group is asking for more manpower in their area. Mrs. Lee Loy has control over the budget, and they want to cut the Police Department's budget. Commissioner Quartararo asked if the commission should take a stance on Senate Bill 2793 that reduces drug felony to misdemeanor. Chief Ferreira stated that this is in the legislature. Commissioner Quartararo asked if the Chief could give them a status report. Ms. Hall suggested they review it online. Chair Bertsch asked if there were other legislative actions of interest. Chief Ferreira stated that there are bills concerning recruitment, retirement for police officers, cannabis, and the police officer standardization board. These can be reviewed online, and they take testimony online. NEW BUSINESS Correspondence 20-01, invitation to the State of Hawaii Police Commissioners' Conference on April 23-24, 2020, hosted by the Maui Police Commission: Chair Bertsch stated that this conference is where all commissioners from the State talk about common police commission concerns. He encouraged all to attend. Chief Ferreira stated that they will find the funds for all commissioners to attend this conference which is in line with their duties. However, for HSLEOA, they want to keep it around two attendees. They will host this year's conference, so, perhaps, more people can attend. UNFINISHED BUSINESS • Program of Work for the Police Commission: Ms. Pelayo explained that this would be the commission's schedule for the year. • Program of Work for the Police Chief: Chair Bertsch stated that Chief Ferreira submitted his Program of Work, but the commission didn't do anything about it. He apologized for not acting on it sooner. Chief Ferreira stated that he has no changes, so he will finalize it and send it to the commission. • Concerns of the Moku O Hawaii Outrigger Canoe Racing Association of illegal activities in the area of canoe facilities: (Discussed during Chief's Report.) Recess was called at 10:20 a.m. The meeting reconvened at 10:33 a.m.