2021-01-15 Police Commission Regular Minutes

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Hawaii Police Commission Regular Session Minutes January 15, 2021 Page 4 require very extensive background checks which includes contacting neighbors and doing employment checks. They have 75 people in the recruit pool to check on. Finance: Deputy Chief Bugado reported that for FY December 31, 2020, their overall target expenditure was 52.42%, and the actual is 50.88%. S&W target was 54.17% and actual is 53.72%. Their actual budget for the FY 2019-20 was $67,652,366. Their approved budge for 2020-21 is $72,091,319, which includes a 10% overall budget reduction. The have used CARES funds for items allowed such as PPE, equipment, and training. Commendations: Deputy Chief Bugado reported having two commendations involving three personnel since the last commission meeting. Other Department Activities including: ✓ Annual Misconduct Report to State Legislature: Chair Bertsch reported that recent legislation passed to release the names of officers who were suspended or terminated. Deputy Chief Bugado reported that a lawsuit was filed by the police union, resulting in their counsel advising them to submit the report without including the names of the officers until the court case is settled. Some cases from 2019 were adjudicate 2020 and are in the report. Some cases from 2020 not yet adjudicated are not in the report. He did not note any trends. However, there were several violations for the use of force. When the choice to use deadly force is made, they have to do a thorough review. The results are in the legislative report. In response to questions, Deputy Chief stated that there has been an increase in females in their recruit classes, and they do really well. The bodyworn camera program is going pretty much as expected. They had issues with three cameras and had to send them back. They had good feedback from officers. There have been several incidents because everything is happening quickly, and they forget to turn the camera on. The recording is downloaded every day. Leading up to the inauguration, there has been a lot of talk about what could happen at state capitals. There has been good intelligence sharing amongst the inter -county criminal intelligence units, and they are confident that they will be okay here. Recess was called at 9:45 a.m. The meeting reconvened at 10:00 a.m. CHAIR'S REPORT ON MATTERS OF INTEREST TO THE COMMISSION Commissioner Sur distributed information regarding oversized or modified vehicles. Chair Bertsch asked the commissioners to review it, and they can decide if they want to pass it on to the Chief.