2017-04-21 Police Commission Regular Minutes

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Hawaii Police Commission Regular Session Minutes April 21, 2017 Page 3 going off, swearing, jumping up and down. He was trying to figure out what was going on. A female was saying why you pulling a gun on my nephew. He recognized the individual as a recently retired police officer, Keoni Rodrigues. She said he pointed a gun. He asked if he had a gun in his vehicle. He said, "Yes." His presence was agitating the resident, so they told him to drive his vehicle away, off to the side. The resident said he didn't know who that individual was. A shotgun and 9 mm pistol was recovered from the vehicle. He was trying to explain. He said he made cases in Hilo, and that if the police took action, he wouldn't have to take action. He didn't know anything about it and told Rodrigues he knows how it works, and he should have talked to the supervisor and worked up the chain. He was informed that Lt. Greg Esteban would be at the scene. At that point, he told Mr. Rodrigues, they were still trying to figure out what was going on. He asked Rodrigues if he was willing to drive to the station. He said, "Yes." He told him there was an individual related to the case at the station. At the station, he asked Rodrigues if he wanted to drink; he didn't. Sergeant Tingle asked if anyone patted him down, since he did have firearms. They patted him down. At this time, it was a holding pattern. A second person came in and was adamant he wanted to pursue the case. Detectives came out, Rodrigues was subsequently placed under arrest and released pending investigation. Captain Jelsma further stated that he went over Rodrigues's complaint. In it, he said he informed Jelsma about cases he made. He didn't know anything about them. Brooks said he would kill his son with an AK -47. He ran his son's name and Brook's name. The only connection he had was that his son made a complaint that morning. In that report, it was a harassment complaint. There was no mention about a firearm. There was bad blood about someone getting fired. He did not find any report relating to these cases. He ran Officer Kihara's workload from January to December. There were no cases; only MP. His son made a complaint about this guy going to his job site and burning rubber. He couldn't find the police reports Rodrigues talked about. Regarding Rodrigues statement that he could not leave, it is not true. He could have left anytime. Essentially, if he got up and left, he could. No one would arrest him. He said he is authorized to carry a firearm because he is a retired police officer in good standing, and has the right to have these firearms. He refers to the Brady Law. The Brady Law is a 5 -day waiting period. An individual has to apply to carry. Since his statements are wrong, it shows he didn't go through the process. He was not the arresting officer, and he did not give the media release. He was arrested by the investigating detectives. The arrest report is public information. If someone is under arrest, they wouldn't have that person drive himself to the station. Commissioner De Luz stated that Rodrigues's son filed a report that morning. He seemed to justify his actions by the inaction of others.