2017-12-15 Police Commission Regular Minutes

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Hawaii Police Commission Regular Session Minutes December 15, 2017 Page 2 months when she had a stroke, so they have the same problem. They have a re- voicer. The commission has paperwork from her since 2015. No one got back to her. Chair Morioka told Ms. Shim that they have a transcript of the meeting she had with Danny Patel, former Deputy Corporation Counsel. Deputy Corporation Counsel Hall told Ms. Shim that they need to know what she wants, what her complaint is. Ms. Shim stated that the police have not received proper training. Honolulu police officers are trained differently. She has complaints about the Prosecutor that she cannot talk about here. She needs a re-voicer. She needs a scribe. She called Corporation Counsel. She talked about the homeless and helping people in court. Chair Morioka told Ms. Shim that his understanding is that she is looking for better training of police officers. Ms. Shim stated that it would be somebody to talk to people with disabilities. She suggested CIT training. Honolulu has a special psychologist. With her son's incident, the police didn't call the ambulance for 45 minutes until her son was on his deathbed. (Shim exited and then spoke to Julie Rawlins, County ADA Coordinator, and Malia Hall, Deputy Corporation Counsel, outside the meeting room.) • No. 17-09: Request for representation by Corporation Counsel for Officer Paul Wright in Civil No. 3SC17 1-0185. (For executive session.) ELECTION OF CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION FOR 2018 Commissioner De Luz nominated Peter Hendricks as Chair. Commissioner Buckman seconded. The vote for Hendricks as Chair carried unanimously. Vice Chair Hendricks nominated Arthur Buckman as Vice Chair. Arthur Buckman declined. The motion was withdrawn. Commissioner Carlson nominated Wayne De Luz as Vice Chair. Vice Chair Hendricks seconded. The vote for De Luz as Vice Chair carried unanimously. POLICE CHIEF'S REPORT ON DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES • Crime Report: Assistant Chief Tavares thanked the commission for their service to the community. He then announced that he will be retiring at the end of the year. He went on to report that up through November 30, there were 3,511 serious crimes. Of these, the Criminal Investigation Units investigated 651 of those cases. East Hawaii had no crime trends. In West Hawaii, Kona had a decrease in robberies and auto thefts. Ka'u burglaries remain consistent, and criminal activity there is being monitored. In November, they received 8,399 calls for service.