2018-05-18 Police Commission Regular Minutes

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Hawai'i Police Commission Regular Session Minutes May 18, 2018 Page 2 liked having a definite deadline. Vice Chair De Luz wanted to be consistent with the Police Department. Chief Ferreira stated that they do their reviews independent of the commission. For the most part, they will investigate up to one year, and sometimes later depending on the circumstances. Chair Hendricks stated that he also likes having a definite timeline for filing the complaint. He wants to finalize it and vote at the next meeting_ CHAIR'S REPORT ON OTHER COMMISSION ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTS Chair Hendricks thanked the Police Department and all responders for their work with Madame Pele. POLICE CHIEF'S REPORT ON DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES Including, but not limited to: • Crime Report: AC O'Connor reported that up through April 30, 2018, they had 6,805 serious crimes. The Criminal Investigation Units investigated 1,209 of those cases. There were no crime trends. For the month of April, the department received 8,186 calls for service, fiscal year-to-date it was 84,725. Commissioner Paiva asked for a comparison with the previous year. • Traffic Report: AC O'Connor reported that fiscal year-to-date, they had 20 traffic fatalities, 10 were DUIs. They had 101 DUI arrests. For the month of April, 5,044 citations were issued: 3,750 moving/regulatory, 257 seat belt, 18 child restraint, and 1,019 speeding. Commissioner Paiva asked if the situation in Puna is taking away from patrol. AC O'Connor stated that if you are assigned to patrol, that's what you do, you enforce traffic laws. Deputy Chief Bugado stated that traffic enforcement is still continuing with what they need to do. They have been called to assist with calls for speeding and traffic problems as a result of the lava. • Personnel Report: Deputy Chief Bugado stated that with the latest recruit class on the road, they have 7 vacancies. 31 officers are eligible for retirement. They have two ongoing recruit classes. On June 16, Captain Jelsma will be promoted to Major of Area I Operations and Captain Burian to Major of Technical Services. They will open a new recruitment at the end of May. They have a lot of applicants, but finding the right person is difficult. At the end of June, they will be testing to establish a list for lieutenants_ Testing for sergeants will follow. • Finance Report: Deputy Chief Bugado stated that their budget is targeted at 87%. They were already over their budget in overtime before the lava event. Communication and equipment is important. They do not yet have masks, but they are on order. They had complaints a few days ago of three officers experiencing chest tightness due to the air quality at a roadblock. The National Guard is there to