2022-12-13 Police Commission Regular Minutes

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Hawaii Police Commission Special Meeting Minutes December 13, 2022 Page 8 ➢ Edward Ignacio stated no, not to his knowledge. He has never violated or been administratively looked at during his time with Hawaii PD, Honolulu PD, or the FBI. ➢ Paul Applegate stated that he was not the subject of any investigations and he hasn't violated any policies that he's aware of during his career. • Commissioner Andrion asked the next question specifically to Benjamin Moszkowicz. He stated, in your previous run for the police chief of the Honolulu Police Department, there were officers of the department that testified against you. This raises concerns for this commission. What is your response to that? ➢ Benjamin Moszkowicz stated that to his knowledge most of the testimony that was provided to the commission in written form was released and is on their website. It's voluminous, there were about 97 or 98 people who submitted written testimony on his behalf. He doesn't recall anyone submitting written testimony against him taking the position. There was one person who came in and provided verbal testimony in person and he wasn't in support of his position. This meeting is available online, it's on YouTube and he can provide the links and copies of the written testimonies. His testimony was focused against him because his perception was that he lacked patrol experience and that he only achieved the rank of major and was not an assistant chief. • Vice Chair Brown had a question specifically for Paul Applegate. He stated currently, you have a lawsuit against the Kauai Police Department and the Kauai Police Commission, are there any other legal matters that you have, and would they affect your performance as chief of police if you were selected for the position in Hawaii County? ➢ Paul Applegate stated no, there are no other legal matters that are pending that he's aware of. He can't go into specifics, but he can say that this lawsuit, in which he's the petitioner of will in no way inhibit his ability to do his job as chief of police. He further stated that he's a person that will not stand by idly if someone is discriminated against. Whether it be himself or someone else and he will take action, as evidenced by what the commission is referring to. • Commissioner Sur stated this came up from the public. Are all of you vaccinated? He advised that you do not need to answer if you don't want to. The other question in relation to this is what are your thoughts on enforcing the rules and requirements ordered by the governor, in terms of how you handle your employees who refuse the vaccine?