2022-12-13 Police Commission Regular Minutes

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Hawaii Police Commission Special Meeting Minutes December 13, 2022 Page 7 know there was two race dates, but it encompassed all that time in between meetings, being readily available to respond on-site should a command decision need to be made. Pre-assessment of security threats for this event. We expected crowds, this includes spectators, athletes, and their families, etc. upwards of 20,000 people if not more. You can just imagine the planning that goes into it. We have athletes from across the world and you can imagine the threats that they have to be made aware of, we have to be consistently scanning for and being readily available to deploy our resources should something major have had happened and a command decision needed to be made on the spot. Commissioner Toci asked would that not be a comp room and a violation of General Order 300? Sherry Bird stated that she was operating in her official capacity. That was not a gift, it wasn't a gratuity, and it wasn't something that benefited any decision- making that she made in the process of acting as the Major of the Hawaii Police Department. Commissioner Toci asked because you reside in Kona, would that not have been ideal to go home, or drive home after the event or your allotted time there? Sherry Bird stated the race has times that it starts and ends but that doesn't mean that her work ends as a commander. What many don't know is that after hours, after the event is completed, after or even before the event has started there's still a lot of pre-planning, a lot of post-planning, and planning for the next event that has gone on. She needed to be able to be there to make those decisions, those plans, distribute those plans out, and all of that. Commissioner Toci asked the other candidates if they have ever violated any general order and if so, what happened and what was it. ➢ Benjamin Moszkowicz stated if he ever violated a policy or general order in the department, it was most likely inadvertently. He explained one particular time when he worked several days back to back and failed to call in sick for court, he missed court and he thinks he received written counseling as a result. He has been subject to several administrative investigations throughout his career, he thinks they probably all have. None of those investigations resulted in any findings of any type of sustained allegations. Commissioner Toci asked if any of those violations affect the community or other members of the community or other officers. Mr. Moszkowicz stated no, not to his knowledge.