2004-09-10 Police Commission Minutes

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Hawaii County Police Commission Regular Session Minutes September 10, 2004 Page 4 • Office Management and Staffing (Muller /Mitchell): The committee had no report. • Rules and Policies (Bertsch): Commissioner Bertsch reported that they held a special meeting to discuss recommendations to the investigative process. The recommendations were sent to the chief for his comments. At that time they asked corporation counsel to review the revised rules and make recommendations. • Contractual Services (Frazier): The committee had no report. • Public Relations (Hara /Lassiter): The committee had no report. CHIEF'S REPORT Including: • Crime: Major Day summarized the written report. • Traffic: Major Day summarized the written report. As suggested by Commissioner Frazier at the last meeting, they have included DUI arrest by age group. They continue to have traffic fatalities, and are looking into ways to help prevent these accidents. Major Day reported on their biggest drug bust. A van was brought in from California and the drugs were found hidden in the floor. A few days earlier they got a house that was an ice lab. Two weeks earlier they hit five house and recovered drugs, paraphernalia, and money. Commissioner Frazier suggested getting information to the media, West Hawaii, that passing on the right side of the road is illegal. This is a bad problem on the Queen K Highway. • Personnel: Captain Ferreira reported having 54 sworn vacancies, but with the 17 recruits, it's actually 37. They have 11 civilian vacancies. They will have open recruitment on September 25. He stated that the written exam and criminal history is the biggest reasons for failure. Commissioner Lassiter stated that reading and writing in school is a problem. They should work with the schools because a lot of children look up to police officers. Vice Chair Manago stated that to be a fireman you have to be 18 years old, but to be a police officer you have to be 21 years old. In that period of three years, they lose a lot of people. The chief has reported that they are looking into the cadet program. Sage Million stated that people have said that they don't have a chance at becoming a police officer because they have not lived here a year and are not Hawaiian.