2004-04-16 Police Commission Minutes

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Hawaii County Police Commission Regular Session Minutes April 16, 2004 Page 2 He does not think he did anything wrong. They do not give citations for moving violations if they do not observe it. If there is a serious injury they may do an investigation. There were no serious injuries in this case. It is against general orders to give names of witnesses. According to the witnesses, Mrs. Hall was in the right turn lane and she crossed the white line. He had three witnesses in the other vehicle and two other witnesses who said she was in the right hand turn lane. Mrs. Hall said that she was not in the right hand turn lane and that the witnesses were wrong. He based his report on what the witnesses said. Usually vehicle #1 is more at fault. He put all his information in his notebook and finished his report at the station. OFFICER TUCKLOY AURELLO, COMPLAINT HPC 04 -02, came before the commission in response to this complaint. He responded to the accident, as did Officer Edmoundson. At the accident scene, he only talked to Mrs. Hall, not the other witnesses. He gave her information to Officer Edmoundson to fill out his report. Days later, Mrs. Hall came to see him and asked why she was listed at Vehicle #1. He told her to talk to Officer Edmoundson because he didn't know what the other witnesses had said. He only spoke to Officer Edmoundson about what Mrs. Hall had told him. Mr. Hall contacted him and asked why the other person was not cited. He told Mr. Hall that they don't cite unless they witness the violation. MAJOR DAY explained that when drivers request a copy of a report, they only get their information, and the names of others are blackened out. The insurance company can obtain the report with a subpoena. TIMOTHY HALL, Elizabeth Hall's husband came before the commission in his wife's absence. One of the persons in the accident had a neck fusion injury. His wife was injured. They are now being sued. Seven lawyers will not take their case because they were placed in box #1. The police said it was a civil matter, but they did not investigate and do their job. His wife was not in the turning lane. The people could have planted information in the witnesses. The officers were not unbiased. His wife's story was not in the report until one month later. Captain Dawrs told him that they couldn't take them out of box #1. He paid for his own accident reconstruction ist. OFFICER EDMOUNDSON came before the commission a second time to answer more questions. He stated that they did not conduct an investigation because when he talked to the people at the scene, none of them said they had injuries. However, because an infant was involved, they decided to go to the hospital for a check. The accident information exchange form is usually left blank when given to people. LILLIAN BEAUFRERE came before the commission and spoke on Correspondence 04 -16, Solutions 2004, Neighborhoods in Action. The conference will be held on May 1, 2004, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Waikoloa Beach Marriott. They will be covering drug court, youth builders, traffic, animal control, and property crimes. MICHAEL BARSELL, COMPLAINT HPC 04 -08, came before the commission and summarized his written complaint against Officer Danny Freeman. The day after his last presentation to the commission, Officer Freeman, while off -duty, drove by his house. On January 17, 2004, as he was going home, he saw Officer Freeman at the stop sign at the corner of his block (Barsell's). Freeman glared and stared at him. The next day he served Officer Freeman a restraining order. He wants Officer Freeman to stay away from his residence. He has a video of Officer Freeman staring at him. His classification #4 is the criminal act of stalking.