2011-11-18 Police Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Police Commission Regular Session Minutes November 18, 2011 Page 3 homeless people. They took them to places where they didn't even know people were. They saw the other side of the police officers and she commended them for their professionalism. She further reported that last Wednesday, they held an island-wide summit on homelessness. She thanked the Police Department for their assistance, especially Majors Randy Apele and James O'Connor. Vice Chair Victorine commended Lt. Esteban and the Police Department for their professional response to the family of an automobile accident victim. OTHER DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES: • Aloha Training: Commissioner Sumja asked if they could take the Aloha Training off of hold and getting Dr. Alameda. Chief Kubojiri stated that the training is not on hold. They are being creative and finding other ways of doing it without the trainer they want. Dr. Alameda is willing to accommodate the police department, but because of the publicity that was published, he doesn't want to expose his family Commissioner Ignacio stated that that they let a grave injustice just pass by. Dr. Alameda is the best in his class. In our diverse culture, it is not enough to just connect with the participants, but Dr. Alameda brings a whole background of the people that officers have to deal with. She totally respects Dr. Alameda's private life, but they let this kind of shenanigans control the resources that are available to the department and their employees. The commission should go on record to say that the whole nonsense should not have been allowed to get to where it has been allowed to go. As a commission, they owe it to Dr. Alameda, the department, and to the public that the community is less for it because they allowed this to happen. They need to put it on record that these things are not going to continue in the future because of politics and journalism. The Police Commission, allowing somebody to be raked across the coals, and not saying or doing anything about it, is an issue. Chief Kubojiri stated that Dr. Alameda wants to remain private and not expose his family to the press. A vast majority of the public believes what's printed in the papers as being facts. The public doesn't know that training is exempt from the bidding process. They did not violate anything. Commissioner Sumja stated that it is difficult to have a fabulous resource and take second best. Chief Kubojiri stated that Dr. Alameda is the best. He is here and he understands our culture. • International Association of Police Chiefs: Chief Kubojiri reported that he attended the International Association of Police Chiefs conference in Chicago. They have hundreds of training sessions that covered everything they could possibly think about such as CALEA, drug trade, human trafficking, resources that are available to local enforcement, officers who die in a lie of duty, and may other issues. It was money well spent.