2023-01-20 Police Commission Regular Minutes

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Hawaii Police Commission Regular Session Minutes January 20, 2023 Page 4 AC Quiocho further stated a lot of people don't know what CALEA means and what CALEA does for an organization. This is a perfect example of what CALEA has done for HPD. There are a lot of parts that go into it and this is just one example of how valuable it is for a police agency that is dedicated to being professional. He stated people throw around the word CALEA like it's a fancy word that makes you sound important, but they don't understand the aspects of it. It's nice to look at where they came from and how they're doing now. It's a big difference between how public service delivery has changed so much with the department. Commissioner Robinson stated he has friends who say they see large work trucks without safety inspection stickers. He asked if there's something that states work vehicles can be on the road without safety inspections. AC Quiocho stated they're in violation if they're driving a vehicle without an adequate PUC license or valid safety inspection. Since he started attending commission meetings, Commissioner Sur has mentioned that large trucks are a major problem and is a concern for him and his constituents. In East Hawaii, they began tracking those statistics weekly and offered to email them to the commission's secretary. They conducted several projects relating specifically to targeting these customized vehicles that are traveling on the roadway that have valid safety checks. They take the safety check, cite them, the person has five days to go back and get another safety inspection, and they go after the safety inspection stations and suspend their license for giving out illegal safety checks. Commissioner Robinson stated that his friends took it upon themselves and took pictures of these work trucks. He asked how can he forward it to someone. Commissioner Bertsch stated when it comes to commercial vehicles, the safety sticker is on the front of the windshield, not on the rear of the vehicle. AC Quiocho stated if you want to forward it, they can make checks on them and see if they're valid. Commissioner Robinson asked who would he forward them to. AC Quiocho stated he can forward them to him or AC Basque via email. Commissioner Sur stated he had met a couple of guys in patrol when they were going through the chief selection process. They were bad-mouthing those in command and he told them they were part of the problem. The large trucks don't just kick up rocks. He explained that he does the body thing with the Police Department, he's seen 200-300 dead bodies and these trucks have killed people. In the past, he had friends who are accident reconstruction experts and pathologists, they introduced bills. He knows commanders push it, but patrol just lets them by and you see these trucks being sold in used car lots. He was told by the State Department that they can only control safety inspection stations, they can't control the car lots that sell them. Enforcement then becomes a major factor. It's gotten better and he appreciates the effort. Unfortunately, patrol is too busy, or they don't feel it's important, or a lot of them are their friends. Vice Chair Toci wanted to know if there's a policy regarding blue lights or if it's up to officer discretion. AC Quiocho stated that it's up to the officer's discretion and explained