2009-05-15 Police Commission Minutes

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Hawaii County Police Commission Regular Session Minutes May 15, 2009 Page 2 • Correspondence 09 -10, from Police Chief Kubojiri, informing of National Police Week May 10 -16, 2009. Vice Chair Kaoiwi moved to accept. Commissioner Ignacio seconded, and it carried unanimously. • Correspondence 09 -11, from the Rules and Policies Committee requesting input to a review of the rules. Commissioner Politano Steckel moved to accept. Commissioner Sumja seconded, and it carried unanimously. • Honolulu and Maui Police Commission Minutes. Vice Chair Kaowi moved to accept the minutes listed on the agenda. Commissioner Mende seconded, and it carried unanimously. COMMITTEE REPORTS Chair Whittemore asked Carol Ignacio to serve on the Public Relations Committee along with Anita Politano Steckel. He asked Donn Mende to serve on the Budget and Finance Committee. He will talk with others about making other appropriate moves. • Budget and Finance (Whittemore / Kaoiwi) — No report. • Office Management and Staffing (Whittemore) — No report. • Rules and Policies (Behenna /Sumja): Commissioner Behenna reported that they are at the tail end of information gathering at looking at the current rules, the county charter, and rules of the other police commissions in the state. He would like the commissioners to flag areas in the current rules that might be worth thinking over. It was his intention to send Correspondence 09 -11 directly to the Police Chief and to Corporation Counsel for comments. Once they have all the input together, they'll be able to talk about it. The second thing would be a mission statement which other commissions and departments have. This commission does not have a mission statement. A mission statement generally is short and focuses on what they are supposed to do and why. He'd like to plant it in their minds for future discussion. Chair Whittemore encouraged Chief Kubojiri to look at the commission's rules and submit suggestions or comments on areas of concern. Commissioner Behenna stated that they would like to finish the gathering of information by the end of the month so that they could proceed. Deputy Corporation Counsel Lugo stated that regarding Commissioner Behenna's request that they submit recommendations to him by the end of the month, she wants to reiterate what Lincoln Ashida had said before that they cannot communicate outside of the meeting. If they have recommendations, they could bring them up now or it could be continued at the next meeting. They should not be e- mailing or communicating in violation of the Sunshine Law.