2015-11-20 Police Commission Regular Minutes

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Hawaii Police Commission Regular Session Minutes November 20, 2015 Page 2 Traffic report: Assistant Chief Kealoha report that there are no traffic trends. They have seen an increase in traffic backlog on the Queen K Highway due to the road construction. They continue to use their stealth equipment. Personnel report: Assistant Chief Kanehailua reported having 37 sworn vacancies, but with those in recruit class, it's at 20. Last week they received notice that all vacancies are to be put on hold. They will be meeting with County HR to review the critical positions. They anticipate a few ranking officers to retire at the end of this month. On January 1, SHOPO officers will receive a contractual raise. The increase is in next year's budget. They have 20 civilian vacancies, most of which are in dispatch. • Finance report: Assistant Chief Kanehailua reported that they submitted their budget for the next fiscal year. It is a status quo budget with supplemental requests. The only increase is in contractual obligations for SHOPO and HGEA. Supplementals include the Police Commission's request. In January, he will submit the department's capital improvement project, some of which are resubmittals from previous years. Commendations of sworn and civilian employees: Assistant Chief Kanehailua reported receiving 8 commendations involving 18 personnel since the last commission meeting. Their CALEA accreditation team is now before the assessment board in Florida. They will meet with the CALEA board tomorrow. With CALEA, they have to meet strict standards. It's not cheap, but it allows them to apply for grants and monies to meet the standards. Vice Chair Bertsch asked that someone make a CALEA presentation to the commission. Other departmental activities: Assistant Chief Kanehailua reported that they are testing two new side arms. They have done body camera trials and have recommendations. Storage of information is the costly part, and there are union and privacy issues that need to be addressed. Recess was called at 10:04 a.m. The meeting reconvened at 10:21 A.M. EXECUTIVE SESSION (Closed to the public.) Commissioner Morioka motioned to meet in executive session to consult with Corporation Counsel on questions and issues pertaining to the commission's powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and liabilities; to consider discipline and charges against officers or employees of the Hawaii Police Department; to consider sensitive matters relating to public safety; and to work on the annual evaluation of the Police Chief pursuant to HRS 92-5 (a) (2) (4) (6) and the Hawaii County Charter Section 13-20 (b). Commissioner Gomes seconded, and it carried unanimously. Executive session convened at 10:23 a.m.