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Hawaii Police Commission <br />Regular Session Minutes <br />July 18, 2003 <br />Page 2 <br />CRAIG KAHUI gave a written statement to the commissioners. He stated that in <br />November of last year his car was stolen in Hilo; they live in Kona. The police recovered it, <br />and he was told to pick it up. His brother -in -law, who lives in Hilo, picked the car up and <br />brought it to his home where he parked it and locked it. When he got the car back a week <br />later, he noticed drug paraphernalia in plain view on the front seat. This showed shoddy <br />police work. There was black dust all over the car. He called the police, and Officer Joe <br />Feliciano and another police officer came. They took some pictures, and he assumed they <br />searched the vehicle. Upon reaching home that evening, he and his sons cleaned out the <br />car. On the visor they found a crack pipe, and in the glove compartment they found more <br />drug paraphernalia. He wants to bring this to the attention of the police department <br />because citizens like him shouldn't be driving around with drug paraphernalia in their car. <br />He feels that he was victimized twice, once by the person who stole his car and then again <br />by the police department who didn't do a good job. <br />Mr. Kahui was interrupted. Corporation Counsel Ashida apologized and stated that they <br />thought Mr. Kahui was speaking on an agenda item, but he was not. Under Hawaii state <br />law, people can testify only on matters listed on the agenda. The commission is interested <br />in hearing his concerns, but he needs to follow procedure. <br />Mr. Kahui stated that he called the secretary and told her that he would submit a letter for <br />the agenda, but was unable to prepare it until today. <br />Commissioner Lambeth stated that towards the end of the agenda, it states, "Statements <br />from the Public," and it's confusing. <br />Commissioner Muller asked to allow Mr. Kahui to finish his statement. <br />Mr. Kahui stated that he would like to complete his statement because he lives in Kona <br />and wouldn't be able to attend another meeting. His allegations are serious. When they <br />discovered the drug paraphernalia, he called the captain on the watch. He told them to <br />come and pick it up. They never came, so they threw it away because he couldn't be <br />managing the illegal stuff. Had he been stopped on the way home, he would have been in <br />trouble. Considering our community's problems with ice, they should have at least <br />considered it. <br />It is now July, and he hasn't gotten a police report. He called police records and learned <br />that the person who stole his car had ten moving violations, including the stolen car. None <br />of them were for drugs. Last week he called the watch captain again to find out the status <br />of his case. The captain said he would call him back, but did not. The bottom line is that <br />they owed him a courtesy call. He understands that the commission is working on this <br />problem of communicating with victims. <br />Commissioner Bertsch inquired into whether they could ask questions since Mr. Kahui will <br />not be able to attend another meeting. <br />Corporation Counsel Ashida stated that the whole requirement of the Sunshine Law <br />requiring that only agendized items be discussed is so that the public has notice of what is <br />