2012-12-21 Police Commission Minutes

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Hawai‘i Police Commission Regular Session Minutes December 21, 2012 Page 6 not making compliance checks on every medical marijuana user. They lied to him that they checked with NED. He is filing a lawsuit. He would like NED to send every medical marijuana patient their rules and regulations, Chair Ono stated that since the last five complaints are intertwined, heÓd like the commissioners to ask anyone of them questions. Chair Ono stated that the focus of their complaints are the NED which is part of the State of HawaiÒi, not the County. Bradley Snow stated that these are Hawaiian police officers. He say they are working for. They are hired by the County of HawaiÒi and the County of Kauai, and the County of Oahu. They are coming into our county, and they are following regulations and rules that are not part of our county. Chair Ono stated that they are not State officials. In the complaints, they are asking for responses from NED. The County of HawaiÒi is not NED. Bradley Snow stated that the NED will not respond to them. TheyÓve told him flat out that they will not respond to any complaints. ThatÓs why he is there. There is no other avenue. The commission is supposed to be their watch dogs. If jurisdiction over NED, then heÓs wasting his time. Chair Ono stated that on occasions, law enforcement people, county, state, or federal, multi agencies, do things collectively. In this case, it seems to him, that the lead agency was NED. TIMOTHY SNEDEKER (HPC 12-38) came before the commission. He stated that on October 16, he towed a parts vehicle to his property in Ainaloa. On arriving, a person that was on his property, who he did not give permission to be there, sprayed him with an unknown chemical in his eyes. When officers arrived, he prov show his connection to the property. The suspect had nothing other than his words claiming to be a tenant. Officer Santos made him sign a 24 hour notice making him leave his property. Within the 24 hours, the suspect put a TRO on him. He cannot enter his property. He told Officer Santos he wanted to make an assault case. He refused to make the report and hung up the phone on him. There on the suspect. ThatÓs his next complaint. He made the final report because when he made this harassment case against the suspect, HPC 12-40: Timothy Snedeker went on to say that Officer Santos made a harassment complaint. He cannot warrant someone being sprayed in the eyes with brake clean as harassment. The captain told him this is an assault case and that he would have the officer reclassify the case. He received a call from Officer Santos saying he was going to put an APB on him. He confirmed there was an APB. He carried through on his threat. The officer made a report that he was sprayed with WD40. Another report contradicted that. The officer refused to take his witness statement. The officer failed to include a statement from his witness.