2009-07-17 Police Commission Minutes

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Hawaii County Police Commission Regular Session Minutes July 17, 2009 Page 3 and she could bring her up to speed. They should look into the public perspective and working with the Chief and the department. • Complaints Review (Kaoiwi /Morimoto): No report. CHIEF'S REPORT Including: • Crime: A.C. Tavares summarized the written report. Even with the downturn in the economy, nothing stands out for the past fiscal year. Regarding Ms. Embrey's case, her stolen car was recovered, and the case was turned over CIS. She did receive a letter to that effect and given Detective Bird's name and phone number. Officers are encouraged to keep victims informed, but there is no time limit. • Traffic: A.C. Pacheco reported that all numbers for accidents and fatalities are down this fiscal year over last year. Normally when someone is arrested for DUI, there are other charges. Commissioner Morimoto inquired about aggressive driving and was told that it involves passing on a solid line, tailgating, and cutting people off. It's usually hard to enforce with vehicles with the blue light on top, so the unmarked vehicles help. • Personnel: A.C. Kanehailua reported that they are fully staffed with sworn personnel. They have 35 officers in various stages of training. They will be selecting a major for administration. The lieutenant's test was taken the day before. Two dispatch positions will be filled in August. They are still having difficulty filling the school crossing guard positions. The position only works two hours a day. They received approval from ERC to fill the Accountant III and Accountant I positions. Six officers are on long -term deployment. Chief Kubojiri stated that there will be a promotion to major in administration on August 2. • Finance: A.C. Kanehailua reported that the fiscal year budget has been approved. • Commendations: Chief Kubojiri commended the troops on the visit by the Emperor of Japan. It took a lot of planning, and about 80 personnel made it happen. The Emperor arrived safely and left safely. They received 24 commendations since the last meeting. • Other Departmental Activities: Chief Kubojiri reported that in June, they put out an online community satisfaction survey. They wanted to find out how the public perceived them and how they could improve. They received just over 300 surveys; he was expecting more. The community was pretty much satisfied. A lot was not so much improving what they do, but how they do it. Corporation Counsel's website explained why people are arrested and then released. They had a lot of comments relating to that. Commissioner Ignacio stated that the survey was through the website. They need to use other avenues to get a broader response. Chief Kubojiri stated that they realize that, and have been going out to community meetings. Commissioner Behenna stated that they need multiple ways of getting the word out. There is never a perfect survey. He complimented the Chief in making the results public in a timely fashion. They need a press release of what was done and what will be next.