2022-12-13 Police Commission Regular Minutes

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Hawaii Police Commission Special Meeting Minutes December 13, 2022 Page 23 collaboration, a long-term plan, communication, and a ramp-up period to get people whose physical fitness has fallen from when they first started in the department. Ultimately, as the chief, representative of the department, he's concerned about people's health, and their physical and mental fitness. ➢ Edward Ignacio stated physical and mental wellness in the workforce is a big thing. It's not just a perception of how an officer looks in uniform. He comes from the FBI family, they have a PT test every year and that PT test is based on standards regarding your age. A 21-year-old just coming into the department isn't held to the same expectations as a 53-year-old that's coming toward the twilight of his career. They also take into consideration injuries that you've sustained throughout your career and other factors. The FBI took a long time to implement this. It started off as a voluntary thing, there was trial and error. While it was in the voluntary stage, it was kind of like a big push to the workforce about taking care of yourself. They both touched on the different programs and ways you can check on mental wellness and he agrees wholeheartedly with that. It's something that affects a lot of things. Not only for their personal life and domestic violence, but how they interact with the public. If they're not in the right state of mind and are put in a situation where they have to make a split-second decision, their mental well-being, and their physical well-being play a part in that decision- making process. ➢ Paul Applegate stated domestic violence is a tragedy, especially when it ends up in fatalities. As chief, he will wholeheartedly support the combat of domestic violence. At his current position, they encourage officers in his unit, in his bureau to do what they call wellness checks with the EAR It's not mandatory, but it's highly encouraged. They sell it to the officers, to the supervisors, who sell it to their personnel. This goes with the department goals that he would want to have; employee wellness, safety, and resiliency. Enhance organizational efficiency and increase positive community engagement. Every year, each unit, all actions go towards accomplishing these three goals. He would like to encourage all members of the department, which includes the dispatchers. As far as physical fitness, he would want to work collectively with SHOPO and HGEA to help improve the quality of life of employees. It's not only to be productive and healthy employees now, it's so that they can enjoy their lives after retirement and have longevity. A 30/30 plan would be proposed. We give you 30 minutes of our time and you give me 30 minutes of your time and you can work out at designated facilities such as gyms, a track, or whatever we collectively come up with. We'll donate 30 minutes of our company time, but they have to sign in and agree that they're going to give 30 minutes of their time, so it's one hour, out of three days a week or whatever it is, these are just ideas.