2007-12-21 Police Commission Minutes

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Hawaii County Police Commission Regular Session Minutes December 21, 2007 Page 2 • Contractual Services (vacant): No report. • Public Relations (Politano /Robinson): No report. CHIEF'S REPORT Including: • Crime: Assistant Chief James Day reported that clearance rates are a little low. They are averaging 60% on thefts. Everything else is basically the same. He announced that he would be retiring at the end of the month. • Traffic: Assistant Chief Day reported on another fatality early that morning at about 3:00 a.m. in Puna. The fatality numbers are slightly up over last year. • Personnel: Assistant Chief Paul Ferreira reporting having 64 sworn and 9 civilian vacancies. They are currently screening approximately 40 recruit applications. They push recruitment on both sides of the island and including the rest of the state. Dispersal of personnel is done according to manpower requirements. Regarding the captain's position in Kohala, they postponed the recruitment because they anticipate additional vacancies. The County Council took funding away for five positions, and they will be asking the Council to refund the positions. The Finance Department has one account clerk vacancy. • Finance: Assistant Chief Ferreira reported that they have depleted 86.4% of their overtime budget. If they run out of overtime funds, they will have to move funds around. On January 14, 2008, they will have a meeting with County Finance to go over the budget for 2008 -09. A copy of the budget will be send to the commission. Commissioner Kaoiwi stated that the Keaau Police Station is extremely cramped, and they need to look into a new station. A.C. Ferreira stated that they are again negotiating with Shipman Estate for property for the new Keaau Police Station. Design work for the new Pahoa substation is underway. • Commendations: Chief Mahuna reported that they received seventeen commendations since the last meeting. South Hilo had nine commendations involving twelve employees. Puna had two commendations involving four employees. Hamakua had one commendation involving three employees. Kona had four commendations involving five employees. North Kohala had one commendation involving nine employees. • Other Departmental Activities including the following: ➢ Demonstration of the Taser Electronic Control Device: Deputy Chief Kubojiri gave an informational presentation on the Taser electronic control device. ➢ Commanders Meeting Minutes of November 15, 2007: No discussion.