2009-01-16 Police Commission Minutes

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Hawaii County Police Commission Regular Session Minutes January 16, 2009 Page 5 that he and Commissioner Sumja put together a report on the NACOLE conference that they attended which they will talk about in future meetings. At the conference, there was discussion on training for civilian oversight boards and annual evaluations of themselves and their effectiveness. Chair Whittemore stated that they will agendize items discussed at the NACOLE Conference at the next meeting. Commissioner Anita Politano Steckel stated that someone else should evaluate them. It should be somebody outside of themselves, but she doesn't know who can do it. She asked to be on the Community Relations Committee. Commissioner Behenna stated that it might make more sense to make the Internal Affairs Committee an assignment instead of a committee since it would rotate. Chair Whittemore stated that he discussed it with Corporation Counsel, and it has to be a committee in order to abide with the Sunshine Law. Chair Whittemore stated that he appreciates their input regarding the different committees. He will work on the assignments and goals between now and the next meeting. • Budget and Finance (Whittemore /Kaoiwi): No report. • Office Management and Staffing (Lassiter /Morimoto): Commissioner Lassiter stated that they anticipate the commission's office moving back to the renovated county building in November. Corporation Counsel Ashida stated that the target is fall 2009, but that's a moving target. • Rules and Policies (Behenna / Sumja): Commissioner Sumja stated that they will discuss this over the next four to five meetings. • Contractual Services (vacant): No report. • Public Relations /Information (Lass iter /Behenna): No report. CHIEF'S REPORT Including: • Crime: AC Tavares summarized the written report. He reported that in light of the down turn in the economy, they have been looking at the stats but have not seen much difference. The community policing officers were asked to keep an eye out for burglaries. They are preparing to work on public awareness. Their stats have not indicated that crime goes up when the economy goes bad. Now that gas prices are lower, they expect more people to be on the road, and there could be more citations and more accidents. The sexual assault number has gone up because of multiple indictments of one person in Ka'u.