2003-01-17 Police Commission Minutes

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Regular Session Minutes January 17, 2003 Page 2 the dispatcher told her when she called 911, but she was given the Kailua number. She called the number and said that Pacheco killed his wife, and this guy was out of control. They said they couldn't help her because it was a Waimea jurisdiction. They gave her the Waimea number. She called when she went home and talked to an officer and told them she was on her way to the police station. Officers Yee and Kealoha looked at her safety sticker, although the safety sticker was not mentioned in the report. (She gave the commission photos of the intersection.) OFFICER CHARLES ADAMS came before the commission and gave a statement in response to Complaint HPC 02 -64. He stated that Officers Yee and Kealoha and Lieutenant Medeiros prepared memos of their contact with Ms. Wrixon following the incident. It shows that Ms. Wrixon was the one who was out of control. He was on duty. He had pulled a second watch shift which was 6:45 to 3:30 in the afternoon. His shift continued from 3:30 p.m. to about 10:00. He was supposed to work overtime in the neighborhood watch walk in Kona. He was on his meal break at that time and had removed his blue dome light because he was traveling out of the district and was going to put the light back on when he returned back in the Kona District. On the day of the traffic stop he was not speeding and couldn't have been because it was the end of a workday, and there was too much traffic. He was approaching the driveway access to the shopping center when Wrixon shot out of the shopping center, nearly causing a broadside collision with his vehicle and the vehicle on the other lane. Because of the hazardous violation, he made a U -turn when he came to an area with visibility of oncoming traffic and pursued this vehicle. He didn't have his blue light on, but popped his hazard lights and flashed his lights at her. She immediately pulled over. He informed her that she was pulled over for a hazardous conditions violation. He also mentioned that she gave him the bird. She started going off on him, yelling at him, swearing at him, using vulgar language. The comments that really caught his attention were something to the effect, "What are you going to do? Are you going to F'ing kill me and kill your F'ing wife, too? Aren't you cops F'ing wife killers ?" She ranted and raved about that. She was referring to the issue with Detective Pacheco. He told her that she would be getting a citation for the failure to yield. She was very uncooperative. He asked for her license twice. On the second request, he also asked for her registration and insurance card. As soon as he started to read her registration, she reached out of her vehicle, ripped it back out of his hand and crumpled it up. He called dispatch and asked for a registered owner check. Everything was current with the exception of the safety check on the registration. He told her that the police computer check showed that her safety check was expired, so he needed see her verification through the paperwork just to verify that it was current. She yelled to him twice that it was on the bumper and said something to the effect that, "F- you, it's not my fault." So, he wrote out the citation based on what the dispatcher told him. For all he knew it could have been stolen. She refused to give him pertinent information to complete the citation. She continued to yell at him and used profanity. She refused to sign the citations for failure to yield and expired safety check. As he walked away, she said, "Here, here's the safety check." He told her to take it up with the courts. That was the end of his contact with her. He also made contact with South Kohala Police requesting backup because of her irate demeanor. But he had cleared the traffic stop, and Wrixon had left the scene before the officers arrived. STATEMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS (Executive Session): None.