2023-05-19 Police Commission Regular Minutes

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Hawaii Police Commission Regular Session Minutes May 19, 2023 Page 6 of 156 total positions, that leaves 40 vacancies. Of that 40, 20 are school crossing guards. They still have 12 Police Communication Officer II positions that are vacant, one person is in the hiring process. There are 7 recruits in the 97t" recruit class and are expecting the 98t" recruit class to start no later than mid-July. For the 100t" recruit class and beyond, there's a move towards continuous recruitment. DHR will conduct the tests and HPD will do the agility. Commissioner Bertsch asked if HPD will be doing the agility test quarterly or monthly. Chief Moszkowicz explained the agility test is changing, they'll be doing it monthly. June 26t" is the week of the test if you apply today and the agility test will be July 19t" about 3-4 weeks after the test. Whenever the July test is, they'll do an agility test in August. Whenever the August test is, they'll do an agility test in September. If you fail the agility test or if you're unable to make it on that date, you'll be provided a window of one to three months during which you can take the agility test again without having to go through the entire process again. They'll also start having agility tests on weekends, alternating every other month. Commissioner Quartararo wanted to know if HPD keeps demographic stats. He asked where are the applicants coming from and asked where the department advertises recruitment. Chief Moszkowicz stated he recently reviewed 14 applicants moving through the hiring process now and they are all current Hawaii residents, there's one person who lives on Oahu. As far as advertising, they have been working on videos, and bought a URL "join hawaiipol ice.com" It isn't fully built yet, but this will be where recruitment information will be housed. • Finance: Chief Moszkowicz referenced the Salary and Wages Summary Report. HPD's targeted salaries and wages expenditure is 87.50% and the actual is at 91.00%, which is 3.50% over. There was a discussion regarding the training budget. Commissioner Bertsch asked if the department is sacrificing training, in order to pay salaries and wages. Chief Moszkowicz explained the answer is no for this fiscal year. They don't have anything on the horizon that will have to be paid out before July 31 st. The answer will also be no next year because that's a priority of his, they don't sacrifice training for overtime. • Commendations: Chief Moszkowicz reported receiving five commendations, involving five personnel since the last Police Commission meeting in recognition of outstanding services. Four from South Hilo and one from Puna. • Chief Moszkowicz reported on other department activities and updates: ➢ April 26t" Big Island Law Enforcement Coalition Meeting. ➢ He met with Consul General Aoki in Honolulu.