2007-08-24 Police Commission Minutes

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Hawaii County Police Commission Regular Session Minutes August 24, 2007 Page 2 COMMITTEE REPORTS • Budget and Finance (Whittemore / Kaoiwi): Commissioner Whittemore reported that shortly following their last meeting, he and Commissioner Kaoiwi met with Accountant Kay Oshiro and Major Ferreira to go over the budget process. The process is still preliminary. Ms. Pelayo stated that the commission also needs to submit its budget. • Office Management and Staffing (Lassiter /Morimoto): No report. • Rules and Policies (Lundkvist /Mitchell): No report. • Contractual Services (vacant): No report. • Public Relations (Politano /Robinson): Commissioner Politano Steckel reported that Momi Cazimero would be making a presentation on the Fallen Officers' Monument. CHIEF'S REPORT Including: • Crime: A.C. Day reported that the July crime report has only one month's statistics, making it easier to understand. There was no discussion. • Traffic: A.C. Pacheco reported that the traffic numbers are down. They have started their campaign on unsafe vehicles — excessively large tires, tint, etc. Regarding illegal vehicles, many times they find that the safety sticker do not belong on the vehicle. A.C. Day stated that sometimes, people will have their safety check done with legal tires, and then change back to large tires after the safety check. • Personnel: Captain Rapoza reported having 68 sworn vacancies. They have three recruit classes in progress. All new recruits will be assigned to Kona because that district normally has more vacancies. They do not have a subsidy program for those from out of town to train in Hilo. Having recruit classes on both sides of the island is not feasible. Cadets get paid, and it gives them an opportunity to see if they really want to be in the profession. Training is only for three hours a week. They will be added to the training pool when they reach 21. Commissioner Politano stated that in past meetings, they were concerned about a large number of applicants not passing the written test. She asked if there could be a tutorial program, something to make people more comfortable about taking the test.