2009-05-15 Police Commission Minutes

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Hawaii County Police Commission Regular Session Minutes May 15, 2009 Page 6 CHRISTOPHER VANDERFORD (Complaint HPC 09 -10) stated that he has the officer's police report which is proof they were doing what they weren't supposed to be doing. He was never told why he was arrested. The judge said he didn't do anything wrong. He pulled up to three officers who had no jurisdiction on private roads. The officers pulled him over. He was attacked and arrested and not told why. He made them take him to the hospital. He is on Social Security disability. They were rude to him and he responded in the same manner. In his complaint, he said the officer was on some sort of stimulant because he was bouncing on the balls of his feet. He didn't try to bribe the officers; the twenty dollar bill just came out. RODOLFO JOHNSON (Complaint HPC 09 -21) explained that he was doing a traffic stop when another driver, the complainant, approached him and blew his horn at him. It was unusual because his lights were flashing and there was enough room for him to drive through. Five other vehicles drove through during the stop. He had stopped a driver who was driving without his lights. He had just seen the man at the Chevron station, told him to turn his lights on, and let him on his way. He had to stop the complainant to see why he had done that and if there was an emergency. The man was enraged when he stopped his car. He said he was there to pick up his wife. His demeanor was aggressive. He needed to remind him that he was interfering with a police operation. It was 12:30 a.m. He gave the commission a drawing of the scene. OFFICER JO AOKI (Complaint HPC 09 -23) stated that he got a report of a domestic in which two female parties were fighting in the residence. When he got there, a female party was walking away from the driveway. He explained to her that he was responding to a domestic about two females fighting. He told her to stop and talk to him. She was arrested for domestic abuse. Initially, he put her in the escort position and returned her to the residence. She was intoxicated. The victim, the mother, said the daughter was out drinking. She came home, they got into an argument, and she slapped the mother. EXECUTIVE SESSION Commissioner Sumja moved to meet in executive session to consider discipline and charges against officers or employees of the Hawaii County Police Department where consideration of matters affecting privacy would be involved and to consult with Corporation Counsel on questions and issues that pertain to the commission's powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and liabilities pursuant to HRS 92 -5 (2) and Hawaii County Charter Section 13 -20 (b). Vice Chair Kaoiwi seconded, and the motion carried unanimously. Executive session convened at 11:35 a.m. Regular session reconvened at 2:46 p.m. ACTION ON EXECUTIVE SESSION MATTERS • HPC 09 -04: Complainant alleged that an officer would not discuss his parking ticket with him, and that the officer pushed him. Vice Chair Kaoiwi moved to refer the complaint to the Chief for an Internal Affairs investigation. Commissioner Sumja seconded, and it carried unanimously.