2011-07-13 Police Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Police Commission Regular Meeting Minutes July 13, 2011 Page 2 CHIEF'S REPORT Including: • Crime: Assistant Chief Henry Tavares summarized the written report. He pointed out that the crime decreased in both Areas I and II. There was a significant decrease in burglaries in Puna. A burglary task force has been assigned to work with Puna Patrol, and there has been a significant decrease in burglaries in the district. • Traffic: Major Samuel Thomas summarized the traffic report. There was a 2% increase in traffic crashes over last year, and DUI arrests were up 1% over last year. • Personnel: Assistant Chief Marshall Kanehailua stated there was no change in personnel since the last meeting. The recruit class graduates this Friday. Two will be held back because they were unable to finish the academic and physical training due to injury. The rest will go on to full training. Major Paul Kealoha will be promoted to Assistant Chief in Kona on July 18. Major Samuel Thomas will replace him in Administration. Deputy Chief Ferreira reported that 43 training positions were unfunded due to the economy. • Finance: Assistant Chief Kanehailua summarized the written report. • Commendations: Deputy Chief Ferreira reported receiving three commendations since the last meeting. • Other Departmental Activities: Training by Dr. Kimo Alameda: Commissioner Sumja stated that they attended Dr. Alameda's training, and it was quite good. Deputy Chief Ferreira stated that they received very good feedback from those who attended. Assistant Chief Kanehailua stated that an issue is whether or not Dr. Alameda wants to continue doing the training. To put things into prospective, they are looking at flying in a trainer/negotiator, and the fee will be about $10,000412,000. Dr. Alameda's fee is substantially less. Deputy Chief Ferreira stated that he doesn't think there is a stumbling block with the Mayor's office. It's more whether or not Dr. Alameda wants to do it. They are following procurement rules. They are not doing anything illegal. Commissioner Sumja stated that it is sad that they let a newspaper editor run them. Assistant Chief Kanehailua stated that when they did this, they were looking at the best training for their officers. He was insulted when a newspaper reporter said he was lying about the issue. Commissioner Ono stated that he met with Reed Flickinger of West Hawaii Today. Flickinger had a different prospective. He is not opposed to training. He recognizes that the police department has the ability to enter into contracts without an RFP. The issue was that it was done with a person who was the Mayor's campaign manager. It gave the appearance of a sweetheart