2008-10-17 Police Commission Minutes

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Hawaii County Police Commission Regular Session Minutes October 17, 2008 Page 3 people at risk. Officers probably give more warnings than they do citations. They are out there to save lives. Nobody likes to get stopped and get a ticket, but it makes them think. With the current gas prices, he can't see how people can speed. Drunken driving arrests are down. He is concerned about the number of motorcycle accidents. Maybe they need legislation to bring back use of helmets. It seems as though many motorcycle drivers don't know how to drive a motorcycle. Chief Mahuna stated that on November 17, they will be fully staffed, and so he will leave the department fully staffed. They are still working on CALEA, and it is probably one of their highest priorities. This will help them to be head and shoulders above the rest' and public confidence will increase substantially. Honolulu and Maui are already accredited. Chief Mahuna reported that assaults are getting more intense. He doesn't know if it's because of sports like grappling and people are put on a pedestal. Hopefully, their SROs are on top of that because that's where it starts. Kids want to emulate the sport. There's a difference between defending one's self and wanting to hurt and maim someone else. They did a priority list of things that need to be done, other than big CIP projects, and are looking into extending the work area of dispatch. He hopes that the Con Con is held so that they can fix some areas of public safety. He will have his secretary forward a copy of the media release. They normally submit a legislative package at the beginning of the year. The legislature usually agrees with the intent of their proposed bills, but they don't fund it. An example is the new radio system which would make the spectrum more efficient. They have a civilian from Honolulu and someone from the Honolulu PD to lobby for all police in the state. NEW BUSINESS Correspondence 08 -22, Discussion on the Chief's Annual Evaluation: Commissioner Kaoiwi stated that they need to move up the Chief' annual evaluation to November because he will be on vacation in December and then will retire at the end of December. There was no objection to following the previous year's format. Commissioner Kaoiwi moved that they do the Chief's annual evaluation in November. Vice Chair Whittemore seconded the motion, and it carried unanimously. Chair Lassiter asked Chief Mahuna for his year end status report of his goals so that they could use it for his annual evaluation. Recess was called at 10:10 a.m. The meeting reconvened at 10:22 a.m. EXECUTIVE SESSION (closed to the public) Commissioner Lundkvist moved to meet in executive session to consider discipline and charges against officers or employees of the Hawaii County Police Department where