2024-03-08 Police Commission Regular Minutes

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HAWAII POLICE COMMISSION REGULAR SESSION MINUTES MARCH 8, 2024 WEST HAWAII CIVIC CENTER, BUILDING A, COUNCIL CHAMBERS 74-5044 ANE KEOHOKALOLE HIGHWAY, KAILUA-KONA, HAWAII CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Chair Robinson called the meeting to order at 9.02 a.m. Present: Rick Robinson, Chair John Bertsch, Commissioner Travis Ing, Commissioner Eileen Lacerte, Commissioner Rod Quartararo, Commissioner Absent: Anthony Sur, Commissioner Denby Toci, Vice Chair A quorum was present. Also present: Benjamin Moszkowicz, Police Chief Scott Amaral, Major Sherry Bird, Major Jeremie Evangelista, Acting Major Tuck Loy Aurello, Captain Brian Souki, Detective Michelle Ahn, Deputy Corporation Counsel Lynn Petersen, Secretary STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS • Commissioner Quartararo would like to consider making an amendment that statements from the public be taken whether or not they are on the agenda. Chair Robinson stated that the reason we put it as agenda items is because during the mask mandate, there were people showing up that testified for hours about items that were not on the agenda, mostly related to the legalization of marijuana, so for some semblance of order, statements were strictly on agenda items rather than just having people get up and talk about everything. Commissioner Bertsch reminded commissioners that it's a violation of the Sunshine Law so we cannot just have an open forum. Commissioner Lacerte asked if we can limit the time. Chair Robinson indicated that the time limit is three minutes but they just keep going. Commissioner Bertsch added that if somebody in the community has an issue they would like to bring up, they would write a letter to the commission and we can put it on the agenda. This will ensure that the commission can operate in an educated way because we can read their correspondence and understand it, as opposed to just having people come in and voice their opinion.