2014-06-20 Police Commission Regular Minutes

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HawaiÒi Police Commission Regular Session Minutes June 20, 2014 Page 2 POLICE CHIEF’S REPORT ON DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES Including, but not limited to: Crime report by area, category, and trends. Assistant Chief Tavares reported that up to May 31, they were 7,870 serious crimes. The Criminal Investigation Units investigated 2,025 of these crimes. For the month of May, they received 7,910 calls for services of which 2,571 were for criminal/traffic and 5,339 were for miscellaneous public assistance. In the month of May, they saw a large number of burglaries in the Kaumana and Waiakea areas where Items such as weed eaters and gardening tools were taken from carports. A number of cars were broken into while the owners were at home. They are addressing this with weekly emails to neighborhood watches and encouraging people to belong to these organizations. This raises their awareness to be on the look out for suspicious people and cars in the neighbor. They just filmed a PSA on burglary prevention. They are in the process of filming three segments in ÐLiving in ParadiseÑ on how to burglar proof your home. North and South Kohala had no reported burglaries. Burglaries in Puna are down. CIS, vice, and patrol work the area and bring information together. There are a lot of variables that affect the burglary rate. Kona continues to have complaints about the homeless and juveniles drinking in public. There was a decrease in camping violations and burglaries but a slight increase in auto thefts. They are addressing these problems with CPOs informing the public, bike and foot patrols, other county agencies, and utilizing federal grants. KaÓu had an increase in burglaries and thefts; suspects have been identified. CPOs continue to work with the informing the public. Assistant Chief Kealoha reported that since the arrest of two individuals in the national park following an auto accident, burglaries have been reduced. Both adults came out of Hilo. Traffic report by area, category, and trends. AC Kealoha reported having a decrease in traffic fatalities. There was one fatal traffic crash on Highway 11 where an individual crossed the center line. There were no traffic trends. AC Tavares stated that Route 11 is a problem area for them. The stealth unit is still being used. They are looking to purchase a third one for use in the Puna District. AC Kealoha stated that the stealth unit allows them to verify the complaints of speeding. Personnel report on vacancies, recruitment, training, promotions, reallocations, severance from service, and work assignments. Assistant Chief Kanehailua reported having 25 sworn vacancies. They continue with nd the screening process for the 82 recruit class. They are in the process of filling the PO III vacancies and opening positions for sergeants/detectives.