2004-08-13 Police Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Police Commission Regular Session Minutes August 13, 2004 Page 5 Chief Mahuna stated that it was nothing like that. In the past eight years, they have had two complaints, one of which was a police officer trying to make a vehicle stop. The individual went to the nearest police station. It was a dark, and it was an isolated circumstance. The officer did not cite that individual for failing to stop. He believes the subsidized vehicles lend themselves very well to a community policing type of atmosphere. They have had problems with their minimal county -owned fleet. Repair costs are very high. What they have right now works. Mr. Chung has not communicated with him on this matter. The motion to accept communications carried unanimously. COMMITTEE REPORT • Budget and Finance (Hara / Manago): Vice Chair Manago reported that they are now accepting recommendations for next year's budget. They have to start early because they have to make their recommendations to the Mayor. The commission could vote on going to the County Council. Recommendations could be brought to him. • Office Management and Staffing (Muller /Mitchell): No Report. • Rules and Policies (Bertsch /de Silva): No Report. • Contractual Services (Frazier): Commissioner Frazier reported that they received a summary from the investigator along with the secretary's report of lapsed time. He recommended that the Chair send a letter putting the investigator on notice that the contract has time limits, and that they would like to see improvements. Corporation Counsel Ashida stated that he would be willing to prepare the letter. Vice Chair Manago stated that from March to July, they referred nine complaints to the investigator but have not received any investigative reports. This is a concern because they only have one year to act on these complaints. There were no objections to Corporation Counsel writing the letter to the investigator. • Public Relations (Hara /Lassiter): No report. CHIEF'S REPORT Including: • Crime: Major Day reported that the written report is for fiscal year starting in July. In one month they handled 6,487 calls. Commissioner Frazier inquired whether there were any trends or peaks and valleys that they could see over the fiscal year. They could do this for the past year in order to understand the business. Major Day will work on it. • Traffic: Major Day summarized the written report.