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VIERRA: Kapaau. <br /> BETHEA: In the Puna district, 33 . <br /> That ' s <br /> VIERRA: right. <br /> BETHEA: Puna station. <br /> VIERRA: We have a. . .we have a substation that ' s <br /> being completed, probably by the end of this month. We ' ll <br /> be putting it right at Pahoa town. We' ll be moving some of <br /> those personnel there. <br /> GREENWELL: How many vacancies are there? <br /> VIERRA: Right now we have four vacancies in the whole <br /> department, four captains . They retired in December . But <br /> that ' s , depending on how you look at it. Allthe vacancies <br /> are filled but we have 32 recruits but they 're all in <br /> recruit school. But they 're not out in the field (inaudible) . <br /> GREENWELL: They 're not. . . in other words , this is <br /> staff. <br /> VIERRA: No, sir . (Inaudible. ) <br /> GREENWELL: How many vacancies are there in the staff? <br /> Just the four? <br /> VIERRA: Yes , sir . <br /> GREENWELL: The 32 . . . (inaudible) . <br /> VIERRA: All of our positions . Yes . <br /> GREENWELL: If they pass . <br /> VIERRA: If they pass,. In fact, we've gone. . .we' ve <br /> hired 15 over what we 're authorized to hire. We 're paying <br /> them out of funds knowing that by the time the recruit <br /> school finishes in five months , we ' ll probably lose about <br /> 25% of them and then some additional retirements throughout <br /> the year , we hope we will balance out and get all of our <br /> positions filled. So we have no vacancies except for the <br /> four so Y <br /> captains (inaudible) all in recruit school, they 're <br /> P <br /> not really in the field anyway. <br /> BETHEA: Chief Vierra, are. . .you are familiar . . .have <br /> in front of you, well you have the Charter provision with <br /> respect to the Police Department; and it describes the <br /> commission and the functions of the commission. I guess the <br /> commission has recently changed. its rules, hasn ' t it, <br /> 196 <br />