2008-03-14 Police Commission Minutes

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Hawaii County Police Commission Regular Session Minutes March 14, 2008 Page 2 PERSONNEL ORDERS Commissioner Kaoiwi moved to accept Personnel Orders Nos. 2008 -010 to 2008 -018. Vice Chair Whittemore seconded the motion, and it carried unanimously. COMMUNICATIONS Commissioner Kaoiwi moved to accept the communications as listed. Vice Chair Whittemore seconded the motion, and it carried unanimously. COMMITTEE REPORTS • Budget and Finance (Whittemore / Kaoiwi): No report. • 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: A.C. Henry Tavares summarized the written report. • Traffic: A.C. Pacheco summarized the written report. Numbers are down due to traffic enforcement and education. Things are going well with the eruption in Kalapana. Officers are assigned there to handle mostly the parking areas. The eruption is on State property, and State personnel are handling other concerns. In response to questions, he stated that there is no quota for citations. There has been a big decline in burglaries due to incarceration of the culprits. He thanked Commissioner Mitchell for serving on the commission. Commissioner Kaoiwi stated that people in the Panaewa area have been complaining about kids racing on the roads in the area. It usually happens when officers are not around. Officers have been catching people in the early evenings. He asked for more patrol later in the evening. Use of ATVs in the area has stopped. He thanked the department on behalf of the Panaewa community • Personnel: Captain Duane Rapoza reported having 13 civilian and 63 sworn vacancies. The 72nd recruit class is currently in field training. The 73rd class is in the academic phase. The 74th class started on March 3rd. The 75th class has ten applicants going through the screening process. The 76th class has 29 applicants in the beginning stage of the process. The cadet program is working very well. One cadet will be taking the recruit agility test on June 16. One student is in the University's Administration of Justice Program. In response to inquiries by the commissioners, Captain Rapoza stated that they are in the process of hiring additional dispatch personnel who will start a 6 -week training class.