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HAWAII POLICE COMMISSION <br />REGULAR SESSION MEETING MINUTES <br />DECEMBER 18, 2020 <br />AUPUNI CENTER CONFERENCE ROOM <br />101 PAUAHI ST., HILO, HAWAII <br />CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL <br />Chair Bertsch called the meeting to order at 9:05 a.m. <br />Present: John Bertsch, Chair <br />Guy Schutte, Vice Chair <br />Rod Quartararo, Member <br />Donna Springer, Member <br />Anthony Sur, Member <br />Denby Toci, Member <br />Absent: Thomas Brown, Member <br />A quorum was present. <br />Also present: Paul Ferreira, Police Chief <br />Chad Basque, Major <br />Samuel Jelsma, Major <br />Kenneth Quiocho, Major <br />Burt Shimabukuro, Captain <br />Craig Masuda, Deputy Corporation Counsel <br />Josie Pelayo, Secretary <br />STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS (None.) <br />APPROVAL OF MINUTES <br />November 20, 2020, regular and executive session minutes: Vice Chair Schutte <br />motioned to approve the minutes. Commissioner Sur seconded, and it carried <br />unanimously. <br />POLICE CHIEF'S REPORT ON DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES <br />Chief and his staff highlighted items from the written reports: <br />Crime Report: Major Quiocho reported that up through November 30, there were <br />2,509 serious crimes: 312 burglaries, 26 robberies, 1,400 thefts, 310 auto thefts, 73 <br />sexual assaults, 5 murders, 1 attempted murder, and 382 aggravated assaults. The <br />Criminal Investigation units investigated 263 of those cases. In the month of <br />November, the department received 7,929 calls for service: 2,422 for criminal/traffic, <br />5,507 for miscellaneous public assistance. In response to questions, Major Quiocho <br />stated that with regards to murders, they have to do a lot of documentation, and it <br />takes longer to get reports, especially forensics. Their crime lab has limited <br />equipment and personnel. <br />