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Hawaii Police Commission <br />Regular Session Minutes <br />July 22, 2022 <br />Page 4 <br />they ended up with 34, who will be going through background investigations. The start <br />date for this class is to be determined. Because of the small pool of applicants <br />received for police communication officers, recruitment is now continuous recruitment. <br />Commissioner Sur asked if the police applicants are aware of their physical <br />requirements. He knows when people apply for the Fire Department, they have <br />resources and are aware of what's expected and train for it. Deputy Bugado stated that <br />they are made aware and if you're a serious applicant for the job, you should be able to <br />come in ready to perform the physical exercises and activities demanded of you. <br />Commissioner Robinson asked if the department participates in active recruitment. <br />Deputy Bugado stated they attend career fairs. At this point, he feels the best recruiters <br />are yourselves and your family, get the word out to people you know and encourage <br />them to join the Police Department. <br />Chair Bertsch stated that it seems like both the Fire and Police Departments are having <br />a hard time with dispatchers and it doesn't seem to be resolving itself soon. He asked <br />with the new emergency communications center being funded if there's any discussion <br />about consolidating those two roles. Where the dispatchers would handle both police <br />and fire calls. Deputy Bugado stated that training for police dispatchers differs from fire. <br />Fire Dispatchers need to give instructions to callers on certain medical calls. That is <br />something they could look at in the future. Chief Ferreira stated that AC Burian brought <br />this up previously. When the new dispatch center is built, police and fire dispatchers will <br />be on separate sides of the building. He spoke about cross -training so that when there <br />are shortages, they can take each other's roles. Chief explained that there is a big <br />difference in training. Fire dispatchers need to be certified to handle a medical <br />emergency, police dispatchers aren't. Chair Bertsch stated maybe they need to look <br />into that deeper. <br />• Finance: Deputy Chief Bugado reported that as of June 30, 2022, their targeted overall <br />salaries & wages expenditure was 100% and the actual was 97.19%. <br />Commendations: Deputy Chief Bugado reported receiving three commendations, <br />involving four personnel since the last Police Commission meeting in recognition of <br />outstanding services. In addition to those, several officers received awards. Detective <br />Keith Simeona, who is in charge of the department's special enforcement unit in Area I, <br />East Hawaii recently received the Haweo Award for his leadership skills. The Kona <br />Crime Prevention Committee recently honored Officer Eli Cayetano for his work in <br />quickly solving a theft case in Kona. Officer Christian Madeira, in the Puna District, was <br />named Officer of the month by the East Hawai Aloha Exchange Club for his work in <br />solving several felony cases. <br />Chief Ferreira stated that there's one more commendation. In attendance is Captain <br />Gilbert Gaspar, who will be retiring, effective August 1, 2022. He will be retiring with 40 <br />