2021-03-19 Police Commission Regular Minutes

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Hawaii Police Commission Regular Session Minutes March 19, 2021 Page 2 increase in crime when there is an influx in population. Puna had an increase in population and crime. They recently had promotions and always need more personnel. AC Basque stated that in Area II, they are trying to get Kona Patrol to forward more cases to CID, and they are accepting more cases than normal. A lot of the cases start and end in patrol, but they are trying to do better by referring to CID. The intent is to do a better investigative product in the end. Major Quiocho stated that when you have an investigator involved, you have someone with more knowledge. They try to get the more serious crimes in front. Commissioner Quartararo stated that he has seen an increase in foot traffic, especially in Kona village. He asked if they were adjusting to that increase in foot traffic. AC Basque stated they have had increased activity and more calls for infractions. Calls for service has gone up. They have not yet added more manpower. They could use help from DLNR. Traffic Report: AC Basque reported that for FY to -date February 21, they had 496 traffic crashes, 10 traffic fatalities, 4 DUI fatalities, and 770 DUI arrests. For the month of February, 5,877 traffic citations were issued: 4,103 moving/regulatory, 406 seatbelt, 17 child restraint, and 1,351 for speeding. Personnel Report: AC Jelsma reported having 70 sworn vacancies through February 28. With 17 in recruit class, it comes out to 53. As of January, 89% of the sworn positions were filled and 83.9% civilian positions filled. There are 14 vacancies for radio dispatcher. The 94th police recruitment ran June 28 -July 7. 456 applied, 275 took the written exam, 159 passed, and 94 passed the agility exam. They have 68 in the recruitment pool. They also have recruitments for lieutenants and captains. • Finance: AC Jelsma reported that for FY to -date 2/28/21, their targeted expenditure was 65.46% and the actual was 64.54%. Their total budget for this fiscal year is $72,091,319 which includes a 10% reduction. They submitted their FY 21-22 budget of $72,603,183 which includes a 5% overall reduction. Chair Bertsch stated that for the edification of the commission, the budget is driven by collective bargaining salaries and wages which is an area they consider untouchable. When they talk about a 10% reduction that is what is left over for operations. That 10% reduction includes things like training, equipment, supplies, and office supplies. AC Jelsma stated that the figures they gave are the actual amount vs. the budget that was presented which was initially a bit more than that.