2006-04-21 Police Commission Agenda

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Hawaii County Police Commission Page 4 April 21, 2006 reporter. Will try to do a feature story with the newspaper on officers returning from Iraq. Fuel of dreams: Officers fund raising. Police week is coming up. Booked two radio spots to plug police week. Kaloa: Congratulated Chris for her appointment. Noticed that SHOPO has been very visible on local access cable — Channel 16.. Have you thought about doing that? Loos: She doesn't get cable. That's a good suggestion to keep in mind. CHIEF'S REPORT Including: • Crime: A.C. Day explained the format of the written crime report. He explained the high number for thefts. A stolen check book could result in 100 crimes. • Traffic: Major Dawrs: Summarized the written report. • Commissioner Whittemore inquired why for the high numbers of Kona, is it locals or tourist. Dawrs: They do not target tourists, but at the same time they don't not give them tickets. They try not to do Alii Drive. Whittemore: Is there a way to show DUI county by district. Dawrs: It is not in the report, but he does have the stats. Frazier: Disappointed to see the jump in 18 -21 DUI arrests. Dawrs: It doesn't seem that DUI enforcement is helping, because they keep getting DUls. Jackie: The task force is looking into the sentences to see if the court is maximizing the use of the sentence. • Personnel: A.C. Osorio: In terms of the "You drink, you drive, you lose" program, yes it's working. They are gradually seeing seatbelt compliance. They are the highest in the nation. If you take the total a look at DUI, about 10% also have or violations. Have 72 sworn vacancies. The 67 rercuit class has 17 recruits. They start another recruit class that has 12 members. They expect to begin another class on September 1. They hope the class will be double digit. By this time this next year they hope to have a more cheerful vacancy report. • Finance: Kay Nishibayashi: Entertained questions to the Financial Report. Frazier: Questioned who they overspent grant budget. Kay explained (Frazier missed a section.)