2002-07-26 Police Commission Minutes

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Minutes — Regular Session July 26, 2002 Page 2 COMMUNICATIONS Commissioner Lambeth moved to accept the communications as listed. Commissioner Manago seconded the motion, and it carried unanimously. COMMITTEE REPORTS • Budget and Finance (Manago /Okabe). Commissioner Manago reported that the 2002 -03 budget had been approved. • Office Management and Staffing (Nara /Muller). The committee had no report. • Rules and Policies (Moe /Bertsch). The committee had no report. • Contractual Services (Kama). The committee had no report. • Public Relations (Lambeth /Okabe). The committee had no report. CHIEF'S REPORT • Crime — Assistant Chief Paiva summarized the written report given to the commissioners. He stated that the crime rate has not gone down, but they are working with fewer detectives than they did ten years ago. Traffic — Assistant Chief Hickcox summarized the written report given to the commissioners. • Personnel — Assistant Chief Mahuna summarized the written report given to the commissioners. They have eleven sworn and seven civilian vacancies and are having difficulty filling higher -level clerical positions. They are trying to bring back employees on workers compensation. Chief Correa reported that they have eleven recruits in recruit class. They usually lose half of the applicants in the written exam, then half of that in the personal history questionnaire, and more in drug screening and psychological exam. Sometimes only about 14 -18% make it through the recruitment process. They usually have about 15 -18 people out on some sort of leave. The county needs to increase the number of sworn personnel so that when individuals are out on injury or illness, it does not have a great impact on their resources. He met with the chiefs from the other islands to work on a recruitment and retention program. They are especially interested in recruitment of dispatchers and sworn personnel, and need to address working conditions, salaries, and benefits. • Finance — Business Manager Maesato presented his written report. He reported that the County Council removed the police commission's office rent from the budget, and now the rent is coming out of the commission's base account. They have asked public works for office space but are still waiting for a response. Chief Correa reported that the County Council deleted the rent with the intention of moving the police commission's office into the county building in the area vacated by public works. However, public works is behind schedule in renovating the office and doing the necessary upgrades. So, they started the new fiscal year without allocated rent money for the commission. If they need to amend the budget and request additional funds, the rational should be that the commission was not appropriated rent money. • Commendations — Chief Correa reported receiving 17 commendations since the last meeting.