2009-04-17 Police Commission Minutes

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Hawaii County Police Commission Regular Session Minutes April 17, 2009 Page 3 COMMITTEE REPORTS • Budget and Finance (Whittemore /Kaoiwi): Chair Whittemore stated that because of the Chief's selection process, they had unusual travel expenses. However, the expenses can be justified. • Office Management and Staffing (Whittemore): No report. • Rules and Policies (Behenna /Sumja): Commissioner Behenna stated that in their review of the rules, they are reviewing the County Charter, rules from all county commissions, and minutes from the past year. They will request input from the Chief, commissioners, and Corporation Counsel and expect to complete the process in July. • Contractual Services (vacant): No report. • Public Relations /Information (vacant): Chair Whittemore stated that when the new commissioners come on, he will make assignments. CHIEF'S REPORT Including: • Crime: Major Dawrs summarized the written report. He pointed out that a revision was made, and it will be forwarded to the commission. He doesn't know the specifics regarding the clearance rate for theft in Area and I and II, but sometimes one person is responsible for a large number of thefts. The high number could be related to juvenile cases, and juvenile and adult cases are handled differently. . • Traffic: Major Dawrs summarized the written report. He stated that all numbers are down compared to this time last year. Almost all of roadblocks are funded by federal grants. Major Dawrs reported on a deep water diving accident in which the diver could have surfaced and was hit by a boat. The person is now missing. There are existing rules that are pretty universal, but apparently were not followed. People need to mark their area with floaters. DLNR is assisting on the case. • Personnel: Assistant Chief Kanehailua reported having 10 sworn and 17 civilian vacancies, a number of which are school crossing guards. Some defunded positions have affected the Police Department. One recent retiree will be coming back as a volunteer. All requests to fill vacancies and out -of -state travel must be go before the Expenditure Review Committee (ERC). The Mayor did say there would be no cuts in Public Safety, but that is only for sworn officers. Chief Kubojiri reported that on April 16, Marshall Kanehailua was promoted to Assistant Chief of Administration. Through a civil defense grant, they will be getting 6 -8 new