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from Kona has been very receptive to the program and he dedicates his supervisors <br />to watch the volunteers and take care of them on the occasions Sergeant D.Veriato <br />is unable to supervise them. <br />Sergeant D. Veriato noted that the volunteers work in pairs. Their standing policy is <br />not to confront any drivers if you are going to issue a citation. The citation should <br />be issued to a vehicle where no one is in the vehicle. In recent months, the Kona <br />couple has requested to work on their own due to personnel issues. Sergeant <br />D. Veriato discouraged it, but he is not going to tell them €no. Therefore, Captain <br />P. Kealoha has been monitoring them. <br />D. Cowdrey asked what kind of press release should be done. She suggested a <br />story about the volunteers in Kona and then ask for recruitment from East Hawaii. <br />Sergeant D. Veriato said he could draft a press release or contact one of the writers <br />atHawaiiTribuneHeraldtodoaninterview. <br />T.Spinola-Campbellmentionedthattherehasbeensomediscussionaboutajunior <br />cadet program for the police department. She wondered if this program would allow <br />the cadets and the volunteers to work together. Sergeant D. Veriato also suggested <br />the animal control officers to issue citations if they had the power to cite. <br />D. Cowdrey stated that at the last meeting MCPD was a little confused about the <br />report and the time frame whether it was cumulative. Sergeant D. Veriato <br />responded that the report was a comparison between 2004 and 2005. This year the <br />volunteers have not worked as many as they worked in 2005. One of the <br />volunteers had some health issues and two volunteers went on vacation for several <br />months. The citations had also dropped from 189 to 130 because of the hours that <br />the volunteers didnt spend and maybe people are aware of not parking illegally in <br />the disabled stalls. The warning letter comes from his office for any other traffic <br />infraction. If the public sees an infraction, they call his office to report the violation <br />and his office will send out a letter to the owner of the vehicle just to let them know <br />that its against the law to parkin a disabled stall without a placard. <br />T. Spinola-Campbell asked if there is an email address for people to complain. <br />Sergeant D. Veriato said that Jackie Murai is the traffic coordinator and her email <br />address is jmurai@co.hawaii.hi.us <br />J. Matsui suggested that the County/police department obtain some grant money to <br />pay the volunteers for gas and maybe more people will apply for the job. Secondly, <br />he suggested that people who see violations occurring at an establishment to file a <br />reportwiththemanagement. <br />D.CowdreysuggestedworkingwithPrinceKuhioPlazaandthesupermarketsto <br />enlist some of their security guards as volunteer officers and to be able to issue <br />citations.SergeantD.Veriatothoughtthiswasagreatideaaslongastheymetthe <br />criteria. <br />3 <br /> <br />