2007-11-16 Police Commission Minutes

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Hawaii County Police Commission Regular Session Minutes November 16, 2007 Page 2 • Office Management and Staffing (Lass iter /Morimoto): No report. • Rules and Policies (Lundkvist /Mitchell): No report. • Contractual Services (vacant): No report. • Public Relations (Politano /Robinson): No report. CHIEF'S REPORT Including: • Crime: Assistant Chief Day reported that they are moving along the same as in the past. They had 1 1 1 burglaries — 81 in Area I and 31 in Area II. Chair Lassiter inquired about security at Akaka Falls. A.C. Day stated that the area is the responsibility of DLNR. They did have a stake -out but did not catch anyone. • Traffic: Assistant Chief Pacheco reported that with the holidays coming up, they plan increased roadblocks and speed traps to help cut down on accidents and fatalities. He did not have any update on the Halehalewai substation. The Kona burglary rate has been cut in half compared to last year. They attribute this to several individuals being locked up. • Personnel: Major Enanoria reported having 64 Sworn and 10 civilian vacancies. The recruit classes are in varying stages from beginning to district assignments. They are doing continuous recruitment. They participated in a recent job fair in Honolulu where over 300 people showed interest and 80 people picked up an application. The captain's position in Kohala has not yet been filled. Deputy Chief Kubojiri stated that the sergeant's exam will be given on December 10. • Finance: Major Enanoria summarized the written report. • Commendations: Chief Mahuna reported receiving twelve commendations since the last meeting. • Other Departmental Activities: Chief Mahuna reported that the cadet program is going well. Training is going well for the electronic control devices, and they plan on having 100% of officers trained. The device has a camera with audio. They will have a media campaign on the devices. The public needs to know that it is not a continuum of force. It is a force option. Training and use of the device is taking longer than anticipated because last year, after they initially acquired 20 devices and then got approval for the rest, they took the option of including a camera with audio, and had to re -write the request. Training is being done in Hilo and Kona. Policies and procedures are issued at the time of training. The devices are now out there in the community.