2009-08-14 Police Commission Minutes

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Hawaii County Police Commission Regular Session Minutes August 14, 2009 Page 5 JASPER MOORE (Complaint HPC 09 -25) stated that there is concern that there are discrepancies to what witnesses said and what the newspaper said. They don't have the police report. They only have emotional issues. They are here to help, not to be adversarial. They want to know the truth because they don't know. JAMES MOYNIHAN (Complaint HPC 09 -09) stated that he didn't have new information. It was the evening of January 16t ", it was a clear night. A taxi driver hit them from the rear. He didn't hit his breaks. He was not given a field sobriety test and not given a citation. The police report was missing significant information. All he wanted was an accurate police report. The report is rife with inaccurate information. To date, the violator hasn't gotten a ticket. LORNA BUFIL (Complaint HPC 09 -29) stated that she has a letter from Attorney Eric Seitz and bills. She wants payment from the Police Commission. Chair Whittemore told her that is not a role of the commission. Corporation Counsel Ashida told her to download the claim form from the Hawaii County website. Ms. Bufil further stated that she initially told Officer Pule that her son was recently diagnosed with epilepsy and bipolar disorder and that the medication has side effects. The officer did not want to hear what she had to say. Her son is 17 years old. The officer told her to wait outside. Her. son is a minor. The sergeant told her the officer was not supposed to do that. OFFICER TOD BELLO (Complaint HPC 09 -30) stated that it started with his brother asking about fishing spots. He spoke to Officer Fukuda who got him permission to go there. There were two people there who said they had permission to be there. He flashed his badge to show them that he was a police officer, and that he didn't want any trouble. He went back and spoke to Officer Fukuda who told him that nobody was supposed to be there. Nick, the property manager, went down there to tell the party that they were not supposed to be there. All the times he went there, he was off work. He went there with Officer Fukuda because Nick said they were trespassing. That was the only time he went in his official capacity but did not say anything. He showed his badge the first time to show that he didn't want trouble and to calm the situation down. They shook hands. The other party said he had permission to be there, but Nick said no one was supposed to be there. He accompanied Officer Fukuda for the trespass complaint. A patrol officer served the trespass notice. DETECTIVE PAUL FUKUDA stated that he knows Detective Bello's family. Bello approached him about a fishing spot, and he went to check it out. There was an elderly female there about a week ago. He mentioned to Nick, the manager, that someone was there. Nick told him that those people were not supposed to be there. They served a trespass notice, and the people said they would be gone in a couple of hours. Officer Bello went down when they served the trespass notice so that he could show them the area where the people were. NICK MCDANIELS (Complaint HPC 09 -30) stated that he is the manager of the property in question. He gave Tod Bello and Paul Fukuda permission to use the property for fishing. They told him somebody was else was on the property. He checked with his partner and