2003-02-21 Police Commission Minutes

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Hawaii County Police Commission Regular Session Minutes February 21, 2003 Page 2 PERSONNEL ORDERS Vice Chair Manago moved to accept Personnel Orders No. 2003 -004 to 2003 -024. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Bertsch and unanimously carried. COMMUNICATIONS Commissioner Lambeth moved to accept the correspondence. The motion was seconded by Vice Chair Manago and unanimously carried. COMMITTEE REPORTS Budget and Finance (Nara / Manago): Vice Chair Manago reported that the county budget meeting would be on March 14 at 1:30 p.m. Chair Hara stated that this is on the same day as the commission's next monthly meeting, and he asked the commissioners to attend the budget meeting following the commission's meeting. • Office Management and Staffing (Muller /Mitchell): The committee had no report. • Rules and Policies (Moe /Bertsch): The committee had no report. • Contractual Services (Hendricks /de Silva): The committee had no report. • Public Relations (Nara /Lambeth): The committee had no report. CHIEF'S REPORT • Crime: Assistant Chief Hickcox summarized the written report. • Traffic: Assistant Chief Hickcox summarized the written report. • Personnel: Chief Mahuna reported having 35 sworn vacancies. They should have an Assistant Chief of Administration by March 1. They have approximately 18 sergeant's vacancies and will try to fill the most needed positions. The six new positions for the crystal meth and narcotics task force should be filled by the next fiscal year. Funding for the SRO program has been secured, and the schools for the position have been identified. Officers will be working in the school and that community using community - policing techniques. They are now conducting continuous recruitment for officers and are also trying to recruit from Maui, Oahu, and Kauai. The affordability of homes here is conducive for movement of police officers to the Big Island. Vice Chair Manago stated that filling the SRO positions with the right person is very important. Chief Mahuna stated that the position would be filled with the person best suited for the position, not just by seniority. Assistant Chief Hickcox stated that the SRO grant selection criteria is extremely stringent, and it has a reporting process from the school to the police department.