2009-08-14 Police Commission Minutes

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Hawaii County Police Commission Regular Session Minutes August 14, 2009 Page 4 The position works 10 hours a week, and is paid $10.95 an hour. They do not have full benefits, and the position has a high turnover rate. • Finance: Assistant Chief Kanehailua reported that they are at their target expenditure level. They are going through hard economic times and are fully staffed. The budget process starts next month. They are scrutinizing everything down to the penny. In response to Commissioner Sumja's inquiry about the new communication system that Chief Mahuna spoke about last year, Chief Kubojiri reported that the new system is for the entire county, not just police. They have different proposals from different vendors on how to piece meal the entire situation. It has to be in place by January 2013. It is easier for the Federal Government to give them the funds in small chunks rather than the entire $89 million. County Administration is looking at all sources for funding, including stimulus money. The original price tag has been reduced. • Commendations: Chief reported receiving ten commendations in the past month. • Other Departmental Activities: Major Thomas reported on the Mobile Data Terminals, MDTs. They are going through training and training the trainers. Laptops will allow officers to type reports in their cars and hit the send button. Their supervisor will be able to review it in his car on a laptop or at the station. They will be able to do many things such as submit reports, send out APBs, check status reports, run license plates, check for warrants, run serial numbers for firearms, and access the records management system. The MDTs are for patrol officers. Due to budget constraints, they will be leasing about 100 computers. Plainclothes officers have all been given Blackberries. They received most of the monies from Homeland Defense. Initially, their plan was to lease all laptops, but with the budget constraints, they need to hold on to some of the monies. They envision this to be a three -year process. Recess was called at 10:28 a.m. The meeting reconvened at 10:40 a.m. UNFINISHED BUSINESS Correspondence 09 -14, invitation to the National Association of Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement Conference in Austin, Texas, October 31- November 3, 2009. (Action taken under Budget and Finance.) INVESTIGATION OF COMPLAINTS STATEMENTS ON COMPLAINTS AMY MARKHAM (Complaint HPC 09 -25) stated that she does not have anything else to add to her written complaint. Most of the people she spoke to were willing to make a statement. MEGAN ISAAC - MAGDALENE (Complaint HPC 09 -25) stated that the members of the community were shocked. Read what was in the paper. There was a chase that put the neighborhood at risk. It needs to be very carefully investigated.