2022-07-22 Police Commission Regular Minutes

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Hawaii Police Commission Regular Session Minutes July 22, 2022 Page 3 have been killed due to them. He noted that knows someone who was decapitated. He feels the department hasn't been proactive enough. He feels more needs to be done to combat this safety issue. AC Quiocho agrees and says that the department should start to do more projects and make it a routine effort. Commissioner Quartararo asked how much dialogue the department has with DPW, as far as the repainting/striping on the roads to show where lanes are turning, arrows, reflectors, etc. He spoke to his councilperson years ago about several hazardous intersections, and they said they would take care of it, but nothing has changed yet. He stated that the lack of good signage, painting on the streets, and reflectors contribute to bad accidents. AC Quiochi explained that the department does work with DPW. It's not an immediate response, but the department does push issues up to the state and county levels to make changes to make the roads safer. Chair Bertsch stated there's a traffic safety committee that used to convene quarterly. He asked if it was still in operation. Vice Chair Brown stated that Kona had the strongest of all the traffic safety councils. In attendance would be the traffic engineer for DPW, the head of the traffic department, the state motor vehicle safety officer, and members of the community. They used to meet monthly. He doesn't think it happens too often anymore after COVID. Chair Bertsch asked if there is one in Kona that Commissioner Quartararo could attend as a representative for the commission. AC Basque stated that he will follow up on that. Chair Bertsch asked if they do know of other meetings coming up in different districts, to please forward the information to Ms. Correa and she will distribute it to the commission. Personnel Report: Deputy Chief Bugado reported as of July 15, 2022, the department has filled 435 of 484 sworn positions (89.9%). 125 civilian positions were filled out of 155 positions (80.6%). Through July 15, 2022, there are 67 sworn vacancies in the field, nine in the 95th recruit class, and nine in the 96th recruit class, for a total of 49 actual positions that are unfilled. Police communication officer positions have a total of 44 authorized positions, out of those they have 16 vacancies, 23 are filled, and all of the supervising police communication officer positions are filled, which is a total of 5. They had a realistic job preview session on June 9, 2022, for police communication officers, there was a list of 11 applicants, 9 showed up for the realistic job preview and their names have been forwarded for background checks. There are currently 18 recruits in the 94th recruit class, they are in the solo assignment training phase until November 30, 2022. The 95th recruit class currently has nine in field training until October 31, 2022. The 96th recruit class started on July 1, 2022, the class initially started with 11, but they are down to eight, three left the classroom portion. The first applicant to leave left after 45 minutes on the first day, stating that he wasn't prepared to deal with the physical aspect of it. Another recruit left because of reaggravating a previous injury and couldn't continue with the class. Another one just left because she wasn't sure about it, and wanted to reassess and possibly apply later in the future. HPD received 250 applications for the 97th recruit class. Through the process, to the PHQ,