2014-07-18 Police Commission Regular Minutes

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Hawai‘i Police Commission Regular Session Minutes July 18, 2014 Page 3 Finance report of budget and expenditures, including new budget for fiscal year 2014-15: The commissioners were given the 2014-15 Fiscal Year Budget which they reviewed. AC Kanehailua reported being at 99.9% of targeted expenditures. Due to the diligence of the commanders, they had fund balances in salaries and wages and operations. Commendations of sworn and civilian employees: Chief Kubojiri reported having 7 commendations involving 22 personnel since the last commission meeting: S. Hilo - 2, N. Hilo -1, Puna – 1, South Kohala – 1, and Kona – 2. Other departmental activities: Chief Kubojiri reported that at 12:00 noon today, Civil Defense Director Oliviera will be briefing all first responders on the anticipated heavy rain on Saturday. The ground is already saturated, and they are concerned about how much more rain it can handle. If the sirens go off, officers would report to the nearest or their own police station. Their biggest problem has been vehicle traffic and bottlenecks. They will turn everyone up from Ali‘i drive. They are reallocating two additional positions for West Hawai‘i. North Kohala will get one additional sergeant. They want to do calls for service in a timely manner. The Hilo triathlon had no major issues. Due to changes in the law, they had to change their annual report to the Legislature. On August 12 at 10:30 a.m., in the County Council Room, a presentation on “Kupuna Alert” will be put on by various agencies to help our kupunas protect themselves against scams, burglaries, and thefts. Mass Transit and the Office and Aging will bus them to this event. Following that, they will have an expired prescription take back. In the afternoon, they will move to North Kohala. The next day it will be at Aunty Sally’s in Hilo followed by Puna the next day. They will also do presentations on prescription drug abuse and scams. They are trying to get the information out on “Living in Paradise”. KTA and Gary Shimabukuro of Laulima are also working with them on this project. There are concerns of children and grandchildren abusing their Kupunas prescription medication. State law allows only State Narcotics and DEA to take back prescription medications, not the police. The State Narcotics Division’s funding was cut drastically, so HPD is paying for some of the costs for this program. Recess was called at 9:52 a.m. The meeting reconvened at 10:07 a.m. UNFINISHED BUSINESS Correspondence 14-04: Invitation to the annual State of Hawai‘i Law Enforcement Officials Association Conference September 24-25, 2014, hosted by the Maui Police