2012-09-14 Police Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Police Commission Regular Session Minutes September 14, 2012 Page 4 involve alcohol or drugs. They are increasing their patrol on Route 19 and doing more projects. They are being proactive, getting people to slow down, and being more visible. In response to concerns about the driver of the truck being ordered to install an interlock system, Deputy Chief Ferreira stated that you need a driver's license to install an interlock system. This man did not have a driver's license. AC Kealoha stated that people can call 911 to anonymously report a drunk driver on the road. Personnel report on vacancies, recruitment, training, promotions, reallocations, severance from service, and work assignments Assistant Chief Kanehailua reported having 29 sworn vacancies plus 6 grant funded COPS positions for a total of 35. Twenty -five new recruits will start on Monday. They are looking at filling the remaining vacancies with intergovernmental transfers and rehires. Transfers have to start in the beginning as a recruit. The sergeant's promotions are moving forward. They are opening recruitment for PO I in October. A lot of vacancies are in CPO, SRO, and Vice, so they will open vacancies for PO III. The majority of the vacancies are in the supervisory level. They have 21 civilian vacancies. They are moving forward on filling the dispatcher positions. They have six applicants for polygraph examiners. Two officers completed the polygraph examiner training are doing a good job filling in. Finance report of budget and expenditures AC Kanehailua reported that the numbers reflect the payroll lag. It will be corrected by the end of the year. They have gotten better in overtime and expenditures. The first draft of budget needs to be submitted by February 1. AC Kanehailua stated that they had to address a couple of minor CALEA issues. He expects to be fully accredited in November • Commendations of sworn and civilian employees Vice Chair Ignacio congratulated AC Kanehailua for his medal of valor in the found hand grenade incident. AC Kanehailua stated that Chief Kubojiri was at the scene the whole time. Chief reported receiving 4 commendations involving 11 personnel since the last commission meeting. Chief Kubojiri gave Kudos to the officers who worked at the scene of a grenade incident. A maintenance worker on the grounds of Hawaii Electric Light Company grounds discovered the top half of the grenade. The grenade was in close proximity to employees fuel tanks. He guessed the grenade was there when the military did training in the area many years ago. The DOD