2013-06-21 Police Commission Minutes

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Hawai‘i Police Commission Regular Session Minutes June 21, 2013 Page 4 year. When they processed the overtime monies, it ran into July of this fiscal. Right now they are under budget in salary and overtime. Their CALEA lieutenant, Kenneth Bugado, was promoted to captain in the Office of Professional Standards. The new CALEA lieutenant is Kenneth Quiocho. They are on their three-year evaluation period for CALEA which started the day they received accreditation. It is now critical because they have to be compliant with all sections. Commendations of sworn and civilian employees: Chief Kubojiri reported have 15 commendations involving 20 personnel since the last commission meeting. Vice Chair Ignacio stated that she made a report to the department and commended the officers for their quick response. Chief Kubojiri stated that they have made pretty good strides in returning phone calls which has been a concern of the commission. Other Departmental Activities: Chief Kubojiri reported that last year they had 38 traffic fatalities. At this time they have 18 traffic fatalities compared to 14 at the same period last year. This is an increase of 28.6%. One factor they constantly look at is impaired driving. This year they had only one fatality that had only alcohol as a contributing factor. There was one for drugs. There were two with a combination of drugs and alcohol. They have DUI check points. They have units making checks at the beach parks and other areas for under age drinking. Enforcement is just one part of the solution. Everyone and every entity that has to do with impaired driving have been reaching out with education and treatment. These summer months, they have made more of a concerted effort to go to the beach parks and secluded areas where kids and others drink to do enforcement. Chief Kubojiri reported that they started up with the Aloha Training with Dr. Alameda. It will be mandatory for all employees, and the commissioners are welcomed to attend. Dr. Alameda does this on his own time. Chief Kubojiri reported that they completed their community satisfaction survey in May. An erroneous article was published regarding that. The information was taken from a prior survey and not the current survey. Chris Loos contacted that media and pointed out to them that the figures they gave were erroneous and was taken from a prior survey. He was approached by several people in the community who were astounded by the article, more so by the headline that public confidence has faltered. A correction was made in the paper, but that didn’t leave an impact on anybody. The erroneous report was in bold headline. Chair Victorine stated that the original article was on the front page. The correction was a nice article but in an interior page. Chief Kubojiri stated that once the information is out, it cannot be taken back, and if it is erroneous it makes it that much worse.