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<br />HAWAII POLICE COMMISSION <br />REGULAR SESSION MINUTES <br />AUGUST 22, 2025 <br />COUNTY BUILDING, COUNCIL CHAMBERS, SUITE 1401 <br />25 AUPUNI STREET, HILO, HI <br />CALL TO ORDERAND ROLLCALL <br />Chair Robinsoncalled the meeting to order at 9:00a.m. <br />Present: Rick Robinson, Chair <br />Wendy Botelho, Commissioner <br />Arthur Buckman, Commissioner <br />Lloyd Enriquez, Commissioner <br />Bernadette Urban-Smith <br />Absent:John Bertsch, Vice Chair <br />Eileen Lacerte, Commissioner <br />Jacob Tavares, Commissioner <br />Greg Yamada, Commissioner <br />A quorum was present. <br />Also present:Reed Mahuna, Acting Police Chief <br />Sherry Bird, Assistant Chief <br />Scott Amaral, Major <br />Thomas Shopay, Major <br />Tuck Loy Aurello, Captain <br />EdwinBuyten, Captain <br />Sinclair Salas-Ferguson, Deputy Corporation Counsel <br />Charisse Correa, Secretary <br />APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES <br />Commissioner Buckmanmotioned to approvethe regularand executivesession minutes <br />forJune 20, 2025, and July 10, 2025,seconded by Commissioner Botelho. With no <br />discussion, the motioncarried unanimously, and the minutes were approved. <br />POLICE CHIEF’S REPORT ON DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES <br />Items from the Chief’s written reports were highlighted: <br />Crime Report: Major Scott Amaralreported461serious crimes through July 31, 2025. <br />Area I and Area II criminal investigation units investigated 111of these serious crimes, <br />with 89in Area I and 22in Area II. <br />Calls for Service: For July2025, the departmentreceived 10,268calls for service. <br /> <br />