2010-12-22 Police Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Police Commission Regular Minutes December 22, 2010 Page 4 Chair. Written ballot votes were unanimous for Donn Mende as Chair and Leroy Victorine as Vice Chair. Recess was called at 9:53 a.m. The meeting reconvened at 10:03 a.m. EXECUTIVE SESSION Commissioner Sumja moved to meet in executive session to consider discipline and charges against officers or employees of the Hawaii Police Department where consideration of matters affecting privacy would be involved and to consult with Corporation Counsel on questions and issues pertaining to the commission's powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and liabilities pursuant to HRS 92 -5 (a) (2) (4) and the Hawaii County Charter Section 13 -20 (b). Commissioner Victorine seconded, and the motion carried unanimously. Executive session convened at 10:05 a.m. Regular session reconvened at 11:10 a.m. ACTION ON EXECUTIVE SESSION MATTERS Complaint HPC 10 -35: Complainant alleged that her ex- boyfriend violated a TRO and when she called the police, the responding officer told her it couldn't have happened, and he didn't show up. Commissioner Victorine moved that there was sufficient evidence to prove the complainant's allegations. Commissioner Ignacio seconded, and it carried unanimously. Discussion: Commissioner Victorine stated that the police department needs to do a thorough investigation of all her concerns from failure to respond to entry of department information into Facebook. The department needs to look into the entire matter and report back to the commission. Captain O'Connor stated that this complaint will go to I.A. for an investigation. Chair Whittemore reiterated that the commission wants I.A. to look into violations of releasing department information by police personnel in Facebook. Lunch recess was called at 11:15 a.m. The meeting reconvened at 12:05 noon. EXECUTIVE SESSION Commissioner Victorine moved to meet in executive session to conduct an annual performance evaluation of Police Chief Harry Kubojiri where consideration of matters affecting privacy will be involved and a closed session is requested by Chief Kubojiri and to consult with Corporation Counsel on questions and issues pertaining to the commission's powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and liabilities pursuant to HRS 92 -5 (a) (2) (4) and the Hawai'i County Charter 13 -20 (b). Vice Chair Mende seconded, and it carried unanimously. Executive session convened at 12:08 a.m. Regular session reconvened at 2:05 a.m. Annual Performance Evaluation of Police Chief Harry Kubojiri: The commission conducted its evaluation which will be presented to Chief Kubojiri for his review and then discussed at a future meeting.