2012-12-21 Police Commission Minutes

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Hawai‘i Police Commission Regular Session Minutes December 21, 2012 Page 2 POLICE CHIEF’S WRITTEN REPORTS Crime Report Assistant Chief Tavares summarized the written report. Up to November 30, 2012, there were 3,719 serious crimes, of these, the Area I and Area II Criminal investigation Units investigated 943 cases. For the month of November, the department received 7,489 calls for service. 2,409 calls were for criminal and traffic. 5,080 calls were for miscellaneous public assistance. For crime trends, burglaries in the Hilo District continues. The Special Enforcement Unit continues to put pressure on the core groups of individuals that they believe are responsible for these burglaries. They continue to develop informants, follow leads, and have presence in pawnshops. In Puna, they have seen a decre burglaries, although they continue with police presence in the subdivisions. Kona has experienced a significant decrease in burglaries. This has been since the arrest of 17 individuals for burglaries and unauthorized control of a propelled vehicle. The sex assault number for Hmkua was the result of a Grand Jury indictment where additional cases were initiated for the same individual and incident. Traffic Report Assistant Chief Kealoha reported that for the month of November, a total of 4,278 citations were issued: 2,942 moving/regulatory, 302 seatbelt, 53 child restraint, and 981 speeding. There were no trends for the month. Personnel report on vacancies, recruitment, training, promotions, reallocations, severance from service, and work assignments Assistant Chief Kanehailua reported having 21 vacancies. The Police Officer I recruitment test was administered. They received 713 applications, 475 took the written test, and 269 passed. The agility test will be given ne class will start in the beginning of the next fiscal year. They completed the sergeantÓs promotions. Finance report of budget and expenditures AC Kanehailua stated that they are still in the review stage of their budget. They th received CALEA accreditation for three years. They were the 100 agency to be accredited. Vice Chair Ignacio went on record to acknowledge all the work they did during the accreditation process. Chair Ono congratulated them. Commendations of sworn and civilian employees Deputy Chief Ferreira reported that the Chief was on vacation. They received nine commendations since the last commission meeting. They are still working on their phone call messaging system. Assistant Chief Kanehailua stated that their administrative staff will be looking into security of the Police CommissionÓs office.