2002-12-13 Police Commission Minutes

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December 13, 2002 Regular Session Minutes Page 3 know if he can get the votes from the council for the first line supervision, but asked the commissioners for their help to find a way to get the service that the community deserves. CORY CAUSEY stated that he is the facilitator for the North Kohala Community Empowerment Organization. It is a project out of the prosecutor's office that prioritizes each district's top safety issues. They need two sergeants at the Kohala station and asked that the commission support Chief Mahuna's request for a second sergeant's position. NOLAN IOPA came before the commission to speak on his complaints HPC 02 -50, 02 -51, and 02 -52. He lives on a dead end street. People drive by going 65 mph. The cops came down but did nothing. Regarding HPC 02 -50, he told Lieutenant Kelly about his neighbor John Walker threatening him. His neighbor put up his dukes. He stood his ground. His neighbor told Kelly he didn't start. It was visa versa. Kelly told him that Walker is Afghan kind people and they don't know what to do with that kind people. Kelly told him that if anything happened to them, he would be the first suspect. He asked for help and Kelly talked about Afghan people. Vice Chair Hara questioned if his complaint against Lieutenant Kelly was that he didn't do anything and that he said they look like Afghan people. Iopa stated that was right, and Kelly did nothing because they were Afghanistan type people. Regarding HPC 02 -51, the complaint is against officers working that shift. John Walker sped through the stop sign, so he put coconut leaves on road. His neighbor complained to the police that he threatened them. It was his neighbor who threatened him. Walker went to the Pahoa station drunk, and they did nothing to him. He asked Gary Safarik for help to put a barricade on the dead end because people drive through going 65 mph. Vice Chair Hara asked if he was filing a complaint against the officer because he did not arrest his neighbor, because he did nothing. Iopa stated, " "Yes, quash um." Iopa read his complaint HPC 02 -52 in which he alleged that an officer used profanity and did not give him his name and badge number. He denied burning rubber in front of Walker's house. He also stated that he could get them 15 crack houses on video camera in one night. GLENN PERREIRA came before the commission to speak on his complaint HPC 02 -61. He got hit and run by a Verizon Hawai' i truck. The truck reversed into him. The Verizon Hawai' i person, Mr. Pang, stated he didn't touch him at all. They picked him up, stood him up. He asked them for a ride, they said they couldn't because they had a job. During mediation, their story changed. The mediation and police reports are different.