2004-05-21 Police Commission Minutes

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Hawaii County Police Commission Regular Session Minutes May 21, 2004 Page 2 Raulerson because of evidence she provided to the court that she is a very dangerous person. As far as Officer John is concerned, he did nothing that was inappropriate. She found out about the complaint when officer John went to her and the other businesses involved and asked if they felt that he had done anything improper. She never met the officer before the incident. OFFICER RANDY BELL (Complaint HPC 04 -16): Stated that the complainant indicated numerous allegations as a result of a motor vehicle accident in Keaau. When he asked Ms. Best for information that was required on the accident report, she became uncooperative, argumentative, and refused to provide the information because the vehicle belonged to her boss. She did not want to provide any information relative to her boss. He kept explaining to her that the information was required on the traffic accident report was specific to the vehicle involved. He may have raised his voice at her, when she became argumentative, but he did not yell or scream. During his investigation, he detected a strong odor of liquor on her breath, and asked her on several occasions if she had any alcohol to drink. His training and experience led him to believe that she was under the influence of alcohol. She verbally said that she had a drink. Officer Tingle did the DUI investigation and he did the traffic accident. She refused everything. She was very uncooperative, and the other operator involved testified to that. At the Keaau police station she was very uncooperative and refused all their direction. The only force used was during the handcuffing, which she refused. He had to use a firm handgrip to grab her hand, her arm, and then place the handcuffs. There were no takedown, no arm bars, just a firm handgrip. JENNIFER RAULERSON (HPC 04 -13): Talked at great length about problems she and her children have had with Kelly Duff -De Poyo, patrons of the local swimming pool, and merchants of the Kona Shopping Center. On several occasions she had be reminded that she needed to focus on the misconduct of the police officer. Ms. Raulerson stated that the police officer aided and abetted a person in the harassment and conspiracy to arrest her, slander her, demean her, and to take photographs of her to place in the store. Ms. Pelayo informed that the officer called and informed that he was unable to attend the meeting because he had to be in court that morning. MS. DE -POYO stated that she found out that the officer would be in court when he came by her store and asked if she felt he acted improperly. MARY URIBES (HPC 04 -12): Stated that she has a three -year restraining order against Richard Swangel and anybody who comes and does anything on his behalf. It includes her husband and those who live with her. In the beginning, officers responded to her calls of violations. As time proceeded, violence occurred and Richard Swangel tried to murder her husband. Swangel was subsequently arrested but not for attempted murder, just for harassment. She doesn't understand this because a weapon was involved, an axe. It upsets her that she has an order from the judge, and the officers continually let