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<br />Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting <br />Minutes – August 25, 2014 <br />C. Masuda: Mr. Chairman, do you want to entertain that question? It’s a <br />question directly to the officer, so… This is for statements not for really for <br />questions. - unless the chairman entertains them. Mr. Chairman… <br /> <br />Chair Lodge: Well, that’s a question if the DOCARE officer is willing to address <br />this, it’s fine. <br /> <br />Officer: You asked me \[unclear\] in there, yeah? \[Unclear\] because the <br />gates are locked. There’s no reason for an officer to be in there waiting for you <br />walking in. <br /> <br />D. Wamar: \[Unclear\] you guys to be checking license at the gate. That’s people <br />lined up at the gate before \[unclear\] if you’re gonna be there to check if <br />anybody’s \[unclear\]. <br /> <br />Officer: We have worked there and there were reasons for us to be there… <br /> <br />D. Wamar: Right, and that’s why \[unclear\] but you also told me that you guys will <br />be in there \[unclear\]. <br /> <br />Officer: In other words, we’ll be there when you least expect us. I’m not going to <br />tell you what time the officers would be there or what time we planned on being <br />there. That’s something that we don’t share. <br /> <br />D. Wamar: My question to you is – why not stop it right there at the gate, where <br />you can tell these guys, say you know what, you guys don’t have a license there, <br />you don’t have a hunting license \[unclear\] leave the public hunting area or some <br />of ‘em has a license \[unclear\] anybody in there without a license is considered a <br />poacher at the gate waiting for him. <br /> <br />Officer: Correct. <br /> <br />D. Wamar: So, my question to you is why not stop them right there? <br /> <br />Officer: They felt that it wasn’t a need to stop people before they entered. <br />It’s a one way in – no, two ways in two ways out – \[unclear\] wait out at both ends. <br />I’m wanting – I’ll ask seven officers that cover Laupahoehoe to Kau \[unclear\] all <br />spread out. I don’t have enough officers to make sure that we have officers there <br />from the time \[unclear\] to when \[unclear\] or even later, I don’t have enough <br />officers. That’s one of the reasons why I didn’t give you an exact time when we’d <br />be there. <br /> <br />D. Wamar: OK. <br /> <br />Chair Lodge: All right, and also as you testify, please address the chair also with <br />your name clearly. And what agenda item you’re addressing. <br /> 11 <br /> <br />