2023-03-17 Police Commission Regular Minutes

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Hawaii Police Commission Regular Session Minutes March 17, 2023 Page 8 didn't know why it was a guideline. He feels it's a safety issue, he thinks it's wrong and if Corporation Counsel wants to come up with it, let them accept the liability. Chief Moszkowicz stated his perception is the department isn't training you so they shouldn't necessarily be the ones to mandate the requirements. If you look at Maui's, it says, "The required proficiency test will consist of a 38-round course of fire utilizing the B-27 silhouette target." To him, that's a lot more restrictive than HPD's. Commissioner Sur stated yes, but theirs is normal, it's for a normal person. Talking to instructors, and officers on the mainland, they all say it's normal, unlike the Big Island, so you can't compare it to that. He further stated he would like to take a couple of your guys, put them through the course and see if they pass. Some of them might not be able to. AC Quiocho stated that's their course, they fire it every year, annually. The liability is not on the department. There was a tense discussion between AC Quiocho and Commissioner Sur. Chief Moszkowicz and Chair Brown interrupted and called for the parties to stop the discussion. Chair Brown called a recess at 10:40 a.m. The meeting reconvened at 10:52 a.m. NEW BUSINESS (continued) • Correspondence No. 23-04: 67t" Annual Hawaii State Law Enforcement Officials Association (HSLEOA) Conference. Chair Brown stated this will be held on September 27-29, 2023, at the Waikoloa Beach Marriott Resort, hosted by the Hawaii Police Department. In the past, all Police Commission members were invited to attend. He advised the commission to keep those dates open if they can. • Report from Vice Chair Toci on training she attended (Building Resilience in First Responders). Chair Brown explained that the Police Department offered to send one commission member to this training and he asked Vice Chair Toci to attend. She can report back to the commission at the next meeting when she is present. • Nomination and Vote for the Chair of the Hawaii County Police Commission for 2023. Chair Brown stated his term ends and opened it up for nominations. ➢ Commissioner Quartararo nominated Commissioner Robinson as Chair, seconded by Commissioner Sur. Chair Brown stated Commissioner Bertsch was unable to attend, but he sent an email nominating Commissioner Robinson as Chair. He read aloud this email for the commission, in which Commissioner Bertsch also mentions that