2012-06-15 Police Commission Minutes

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Hawai‘i Police Commission Regular Session Minutes June 15, 2012 Page 3 On the west side of the island, Kona had an increase in burglaries in the Hlualoa area. That abated after the suspect in that area was arrested by patrol for some unrelated incident. Sometimes they might know that a person is some crimes, but they are not able to tie them in to get enough to get probable cause to arrest. But, they are able to enforce some other crime such as traffic violations or outstanding bench warrants and get them off the streets. Traffic report by area, category, and trends: Captain James OÓConnor summarized the traffic report. He reported that for the month of May, 4,309 citations were issued, of which 2,962 were moving/regulatory, 282 for seatbelt, 43 for child restraint, and 1,022 for speeding. They have seen a high number Kona for seatbelt and mobile devices. This is the first year that they have been tracking the use of mobile devices. He has not seen a decrease citations. Traffic trends in Hilo, they had 31 major accidents on various roads. Officers are trying to work more in enforcement and having more visibility in those areas when they can. In North Hilo, they had 4 traffic accidents involving one vehicle and three were the result of running over items on the roadway. Rocks in the gulches are always a contention. Officers have been advised to make continu make sure to clean debris off the roadways. Puna had 9 traffic accidents, most likely due to speed. They will continue with traffic enforcement in those areas. There are no trends in West HawaiÒi. Personnel report on vacancies, recruitment, training, promotions, reallocations, severance from service, and work assignments: Assistant Chief Kanehailua reported having 32 sworn vacancies. Their training sergeant will retire in July. The sergeantÓs exam was given last month. Two officers c polygraph exam. Maui Police DepartmentÓs polygraph examiner helped them screen applicants. One hundred recruit applicants will be moving on to the next phase. Their Information Systems analyst will start on Monday. Other vacancies are in the process of interviews or selection. The CALEA assessment was moved back a week to August 5-8. They will be shipping 270 files to the assessors for their review. August 6 is scheduled for public review and input of the department. Staff will be there to address concerns. They are looking to have this done in the Aupuni Center conference room. . They will also have a phone call-in line. Finance report of budget and expenditures: Assistant Chief Kanehailua reported that they are tracking below budget. Kudos is given to the commanders who track every expenditure. Their 2012-13 budget is now on the MayorÓs desk. The budget they submitted showed an increase of $200,000 which included the portable handheld radios. With CALEAÓs standards, they have to have well-trained officers and documentations.