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should investigate thefts better, should make surveillance cameras operable and keep cams rolling <br />Police cannot do all they need to do. There are people talking on phones and driving around and <br />police do not have time to stop them. The police are too busy working on domestic issues and the <br />same needy families and cannot enforce the laws. You can see big tires all over the island, but police <br />do not enforce the laws. If you want a police officer to come to you neighborhood you will have to <br />wait a long time. There is speeding in all neighborhoods and it is dangerous for people who live in <br />these neighborhoods to take a walk or ride a bicycle, because of speeders and people on their cell <br />phones driving in the neighborhood. <br />Police to active on non essentials Civil Defense ready for Geothermal <br />It is hard to believe how inadequately staffed our police are and how illequipped they are to deal with <br />break -ins. They seemed pretty defeated. With the drug use /abuse being as high as it is and the crimes <br />associated with the abuse, it seems that our police staffing /coverage should be commensurate with <br />the crime rate in the Puna district. I have recently suffered a break -in in the Fern Acres area and the <br />police determined that it was most likely carried out by drug users. As a tax payer, I feel that I have the <br />right to be safe in my own neighborhood. I am on a 2 year long waiting list to get a post box my local <br />Post Office in Mt. View ... need I say more. <br />the police are wasting our resources on things like marijuana instead of violent crimes <br />Police? What Police? When I lived down in Kalapana area, I saw maybe TWO cops patrolling the red <br />road. <br />no more speed traps! <br />The police are not very good and we get less than our share. Law enforcement around here is a joke. <br />Ok, to comment on these separately: Police: we have a beautiful new police station, but any new <br />officers? When 911 is called for a report of violence, they wait typically 30 minutes to respond. When <br />my property was robbed twice (once when an officer actually caught the guy and let him go) they just <br />said there was nothing they could do. Fire: No personal experience, seems well equippped. Post office <br />is terrible <br />police using in town seatbelt checkpoint in a 25 mph zone w no side street traffic is not a public <br />service and does not increase public safety <br />What happened to the neighborhood cop? The ones that would walk the neighborhood and know <br />everyone in it. That you felt comfortable telling your kids that they could be trusted and would render <br />aid? where is the "Serve and Protect "? <br />The way police inappropriately use and flaunt power over the people of Pahoa needs desperate <br />improvement. The new police station in Pahoa was unnecessary. Until the Department of Police can <br />Government Services Page 5 11 <br />