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necessary for the conduct of its business and regulation of the matters committed to its charge by law. Except for the purpose of inquiry, neither the commission nor its members shall interfere in any way with the administrative affairs of the department . The department is run by a chief and deputy chief of police, both of which are appointed by the Police Commission. The deputy chief is appointed by the chief with the approval of the Police Commission. As stated in the Charter , the chief is the administrative head of the depart- ment and carries out the functions of the department as required by law, in addition to training, equipping, main- taining and _ supervision';ofsworn and civilian employees.. At the present time, as evidenced by the chart, the main structure of the department is broken up into three bureaus : the administrative bureau, Hilo operations bureau and country operations bureau. Before I go into these structures , the (inaudible) criminal intelligence unit. That unit is directly responsible to the chief and deputy chief; they report to no one else in the department. Their entire function is to gather information. . . intelligence information on organized crime in the state and to pass that informa- tion, where possible, down to the various levels of the depart- ment. We ' ll move on to the administrative services bureau. That bureau is directed by a police inspector and its functions are administered by a police captain. It is comprised of three sections : the administrative services , traffic services and communications maintenance and composed of such number of officers and employees as may be assigned by the chief of police. The function of the administrative services section is to conduct research and planning in the areas of administration, operations , legislative needs and paper- work simplification, prepare general orders , and compile the department ' s annual reports , statistical tables and analyses ; develop a performance and work evaluation studies of personnel; conduct research and develop standards and techniques to improve police services . They shall provide all functions included in the area of personnel administra- tion, including recruitment, training, testing, inspections , performance evaluations , police educational programs and in-service training among other things . They are essentially the administrative (inaudible) . The traffic services section is commanded by a police lieutenant and staffed by a police sargent, an examiner of drivers and a police sargeant in charge of motor vehicle traffic and safety programs . Their function is to enforce all laws and ordinances relating to the traffic and motor vehicles and the operation thereof. The supervisor reviews investigations of major traffic casualties 192