2002-05-17 Police Commission Minutes

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HAWAII COUNTY POLICE COMMISSION MINUTES — REGULAR SESSION MAY 17, 2002 KEAUHOU BEACH RESORT CALL TO ORDER Chair Okabe called the meeting to order at 10:08 a.m. ROLL CALL Present: Wilfred M. Okabe, Chair Horace S. Hara, Vice Chair John M. Bertsch, Member Daniel C. Kama, Member Phoebe M. Lambeth, Member Dwight K. Manago, Member Absent: Peter L. Hendricks, Member Walter Moe, Member Peter P. Muller, Member Also Present: James S. Correa, Police Chief Lawrence Mahuna, Assistant Chief Thomas Hickcox, Assistant Chief Wendell Paiva, Assistant Chief Gary Maesato, Business Manager Lincoln Ashida, Corporation Counsel Josie Pelayo, Secretary APPROVAL OF AGENDA Commissioner Lambeth moved to amend the agenda by adding Complaint HPC 02 -05 onto the agenda under executive session in order to speak to an officer and to add Personnel Orders 73 -76 onto the agenda. Commissioner Hara seconded the motion, and it carried unanimously on a roll call vote. STATEMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS (Open to the Public) LILLIAN BEAUFRERE came before the commission and reported on the Solutions 2002 Conference. There were 163 people in attendance. She thanked Commissioners Okabe and Bertsch for attending, and briefly went over the written summary that she distributed. Next year's conference is scheduled for April 26, 2003. ALBERT SCHISZLER came before the commission and spoke on his Complaint HPC 01 -13, which involved his juvenile son. This case involves anger management problems with Puna Police officers and his son. Is concerned about psychological testing of officers. There is no retroactive testing of officers prior to Chief Carvalho. Until today his son has not been charged. His son was restrained and choked by a Puna officer. He has not been able to get any records of the arrest. His son still has no license. He had to pay for his impounded car. Family Court will not give him any records. He wants this information made public. His son was not being disrespectful. They forced his son to take a breathalyzer test. The amount of alcohol his son had in his system was not enough to get a cat intoxicated. Corporation Counsel Ashida stated that the statute prohibits release of juvenile records. He asked Mr. Schiszler to consider the interests of his son. Gabriel Schiszler came before the commission and stated that he was just hanging at the beach, and all of a sudden a cop vehicle came pulling up. They told him to put his hands on the car. Two other cop cars came up and they said it was him. One of them came up and started choking him