2016-02-19 Police Commission Regular Minutes

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Hawaii Police Commission Regular Session Minutes February 19, 2016 Page 2 Vice Chair Morioka motioned to accept the communications. Commissioner Hilton seconded, and it carried unanimously. POLICE CHIEF'S REPORT ON DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES Crime report: Assistant Chief Tavares reported having 5,416 serious crimes in January. The Criminal Investigation Units investigated 1,252 of these cases. They had 8,926 calls for services. There was an increase in unauthorized entry of vehicles in Kona. • Traffic report: Assistant Chief Tavares distributed and explained a statistical report on their stealth traffic recorder. From this report, they learned that the most traveled time on Saddle Road is about 7:00 a.m. The majority of traffic travels at about 55-60 mph. The largest number of citations are issued between 6:30 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. Major Kanehailua reported that traffic crashes increased from last year. In January, 5,208 citations were issued: 3,577 moving/regular, 356 seatbelt, 39 child restraint, and 1,236 speeding. • Personnel report: Deputy Chief Ferreira reported that they now have 17 recruits in training. On March 24, they will have 24 sworn vacancies. They plan to start a new recruit class in March with 22 officers. They have 26 civilian vacancies. • Finance report: Deputy Chief Ferreira reported that salaries and wages are very close to the budget at 61.5%. • Commendations of sworn and civilian employees: Chief Kubojiri reported having 5 commendations involving 5 personnel since the last commission meeting. • Other departmental activities: Chief Kubojiri reported that the current firearms the department uses is no longer in production, and they are testing new firearms. Commissioner Bertsch stated that a few months ago, the Chief submitted a memo on Salary Discrepancy. Chair Schutte stated that they will look into it. Recess was called at 10:05 a.m. The meeting reconvened at 10:29 a.m. EXECUTIVE SESSION (Closed to the public.) Vice Chair 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 Hawai'i County Charter Section 13-20 (b). Commissioner