2002-12-09 Police Commission Minutes

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Police Commission Meeting Page 2 December 9, 2002 SELECTION OF CHIEF OF POLICE Chair Okabe explained that each commissioner will be given a ballot with the name all four applicants. They will then vote for only one person. Ms. Pelayo will read each commissioner's vote, and that commissioner will confirm the vote. The person with five votes will become the new Chief of Police. Confirmed votes were: Acting Chief Mahuna — 7 votes Major Charles Chai - 1 vote Chair Okabe stated that they had the opportunity to hold open session meetings for the community and police department. They tried to make the whole process open to the public. It is a credit to the police department that they had four candidates who definitely could lead the department. Throughout the process they received no negatives. They have gone through this process twice in two years, and they hope this selection will last a long time. On behalf of commission, he would like to congratulate Acting Chief Mahuna. Commissioner Manago stated that this was an arduous task that the finalists and their family had to go through. They had four fine candidates who cared about their community and their department. Neither one of them had said anything negative about one another. He hopes that in the future, this will not deter any of them from placing their name in the hat again for Chief of Police. He hopes that Chief Mahuna makes the changes that the community really wants. The job of the department is to service the community, and their number one number one customer is the community ANNOUNCEMENTS Chair Okabe announced that the next monthly meeting would be on December 13, 2002, at 10:00 a.m., at the Hilo Police Station. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 11:35 a.m. SUBMITTED: JOSIE PELAYO, SECRETARY APPROVED: HORACE S. HARA, VICE CHAIR