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The Hawaii County Police Department is submitting a proposed
budget for Fiscal Year 2000-2001 of $30,472,513. The amount is
$368,540 (1.2~) more than the $30,103,973 budgeted for Fiscal
Year 1999-2000. The increase is due primarily to negotiated
salary and wage increases.
Of the $30,472,513 total, $2,070,466 (6.88) is from federal and
stage grants and the remaining $28,402,047 (93.20 is from the
County's General Fund. Of this total, $21,978,997 (77.48) is
earmarked for salaries and wages accounts, $6,277,775 (22.18)
for other current expense accounts and $145,275 (0.58) for
equipment accounts. The salaries and wages accounts are further
broken down this way: $20,039,347 (91.2 0 for regular salaries
and wages, $1,602,700 (7.3~) for overtime wages and $336,950
(1.5~) for miscellaneous salaries and wages.
By comparison, of the $30,103,973 earmarked in the current
fiscal 1999-2000, $2,358,608 (7.8~) is in the form of federal
and state grants and the remaining $27,745,365 (92.2 0 is from
the County's General Fund. Of this total, $21,322,359 (76.90
is budgeted in salaries and wages accounts, $6,277,923 (22.60
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January 27, 2000
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in other current expense accounts and $145,083 (0.5$) in
equipment accounts. The salaries and wages accounts are further
broken down into $19,382,559 (90.90 for regular salaries and
wages, $1,602,700 (7.5~) for overtime wages and $337,100 (1.68)
for miscellaneous salaries and wages.
In addition to the amounts included in the budget document, the
Department is asking for an additional nine positions and for
badly needed new equipment.
Not included in the budget is a Department request for nine new
positions for which the need is critical. The salaries for the
nine positions will amount to a total of $328,392. The
positions are: Personnel Management Specialist, Administration,
$30,888; System Analyst I, Administration, $33,792; Police
Lieutenant, Juvenile Aid Section (West Hawaii), $46,572; Police
Reporter, Juvenile Aid Section (west Hawaii), $25,404; Sergeant,
North Kohala District, $41,304; Sergeant, Records and
Identification Section, $41,304; Fingerprint Classifier II,
Records and Identification Section, $24,408; two Police Records
Clerks, Records and Identification Section, $43,416; and Police
Detective, Vice Section (West Hawaii), $41,304.
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January 27, 2000
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Also not included in the budget is a request totaling $603,487
for much needed equipment. During the past three fiscal years,
there have been steady decreases in our equipment accounts -
from $463,262 in FY 1997-1998 to $359,575 in FY 1998-1999 (a
decrease of 22.48) to $145,083 in FY 1999-2000 (a further
decrease of 59.78) for a total decrease of 68.78 over two years.
During these years, we have had to delay replacement of many
older equipment items. The 26-year-old microwave system, which
supports Police, Fire and Civil Defense as well as the other
County agencies, we again point out, is antiquated and in danger
of failure, which could leave large portions of the island
without radio communications. Parts for some of the microwave
radios presently in use are also no longer manufactured. We are
very concerned about this situation.
Replacement of outdated computers in the Crime Lab is critically
needed. Because of the age o£ the machines, there is no vendor
who will provide hardware or software support for the computers,
which are connected to gas chromatographic and mass
spectrometric equipment used to conduct forensic testing of
drugs and for toxicology testing.
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January 27, 2000
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with increased use of more sophisticated scientific procedures
such as DNA testing for solving crimes, costs for forensic
pathology, dentistry, and sexual assault lab tests have also
increased. As an example, we presently have allotted $40,000
for these procedures for the East Hawaii Criminal Investigation
Division and $26,000 for the West Hawaii Criminal Investigation
Division. By September 30, 1999, both divisions had already
utilized $35,000 for these services. Costs of these tests range
from $2,000 up to $30,000 fox examinations related to homicide
investigations.
In addition, many of our forensic tests are conducted by the
more sophisticated crime labs of the Honolulu Police Department
and the FBI. Both are backlogged, however, and cannot meet our
needs on a timely basis.
Nevertheless, there have been some noteworthy accomplishments
worth mentioning.
Clearance rates for most classifications of criminal offenses
continued to climb in 1998. Hawaii County leads the state and
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January 27, 2000
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is well above the national norm in clearance rates. The overall
clearance rate for all categories of crimes on the Big Island
was 33.68, compared to 18.9 for the state as a whole and 21.3
for the nation as a whole. The Big Island had a clearance rate
for violent crimes of 86.78, compared to 46.6 for the state as
a whole and 49.18 for the nation and a whole.
During 1999, Hawaii County police officers arrested a record
number of drunk drivers 1,207, a 14.3 increase over the year
before. Of those arrested last year, 219 of the drivers, or
18.1, were arrested after being involved in traffic accidents.
Traffic fatalities declined by 29.5, from 44 to 31, and the
number of fatalities related to drunk driving decreased 7.1$,
from 14 to 13.
During Fiscal Year 1998-99, community policing was expanded by
nine additional officers, bringing the total to 23. It allowed
the Department to fulfill a commitment to have community
policing in all eight police districts on the Big Island.
Another grant was recently approved to add seven more community
policing officers during Fiscal Year 1999-2000.
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January 27, 2000
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The Department also expanded its public information services,
going international on March 23, 1999, with its own Internet
World Wide Web site. Besides being used to distribute press
releases to the news media, the site is utilized to communicate
directly with the public, not only on the Big Island, but
everywhere in the world.
In one of the biggest murder cases in decades, a suspect was
convicted in the Christmas Eve, 1992, slaying of Dana Ireland.
On August 27, 1999, Frank Pauline Jr. was convicted of second-
degree murder, kidnapping and first-degree sexual assault. As
for the other two suspects, Albert Zan Schweitzer, is now on
trial, and his brother, Shawn, is scheduled to be tried later
this year.
In addition, the Department quickly closed the books on the 1998
murder of Itsuko Ito, a 72-year-old woman who was stabbed to
death in her Keaau home. Six days after Ms. Zto's body was
found, police arrested a suspect, Jefferson Solomon Kaulani Pau,
23. Early this year, Pau was convicted of murdering Ms. Ito and
was sentenced to life imprisonment.
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January 27, 2000
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The following is the status of capital improvement projects:
• Project to replace roof and gutters on the entrance
mezzanine level was completed at a cost of $40,000. Roof
and gutters had been leaking and damaging soffits.
• Project to extend the sidewalk adjoining the public parking
lot was completed at a cost of $5,600. Visitors will not
have to walk behind parked cars to get to entrance of
station.
• Hawaii Public Safety Building Cellblock Expansion - Plans
and design completion in November 1999. Funding for
project is through HUD and County CIP, and we are in the
process of securing a loan from FMHA. Construction should
begin in March 2000.
• Energy savings performance contract - retrofitting of
lighting fixtures, ballasts and lamps at outside Districts
-began in November 1999. Retrofitting of lighting fixtures,
ballasts and lamps and retrofitting of air conditioning
chillers in Hilo and Kona commenced in February 1999.
Current chillers use Freon and new chillers will use
environmentally friendly refrigerant to comply with EPA
Clean Air Act. While we are not sure of the exact amount
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January 27, 2000
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yet, the County will be realizing a considerable amount of
savings when the project is completed.
• Kealakehe Refueling Station Upgrade - funds were
appropriated for the upgrading of underground fuel storage
tanks to be in compliance with EPA regulations ($300,000).
We are in the process of selecting a consultant for the
project.
Here are the projects that have been appropriated but as of
Fiscal Year 1999-2000 are unfunded:
• Police 800 Mhz Communication System - $4,000,000
• Police 800 Mhz conversion - $4,000,000
• Microwave Relocation and System Renovation - $6,960,000
• Public Safety Complex Chainlink Fence & Security - $125,000
• Public Safety Complex Evidence warehouse/Radio Shop
Completion - $650,000
• Kona Police Evidence Warehouse - $130,000
• South Kohala Police Station Central Heating/Cooling System
- $68,000
• South Kohala Police Station Parking Lot Expansion - $25,000
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January 27, 2000
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To sum up, the Police Department's proposed budget for fiscal
Year 2000-2001 is $368,540 more than the amount budgeted for the
previous fiscal year. The proposed increases are due to
negotiated salary increases (SHOPO, HGEA, EM).
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SUBJECT: POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET PROPOSAL FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2000-2001
The Hawaii County Police Department is requesting 10 new positions at a cost of
5351,942. In addition, it is requesting new equipment and miscellaneous contractual
services increase totaling $1,539,562.
EQUIPMENT -listed in order of descending priority
At the present time the budgetary allotment for new equipment purchases is at a meager
amount of $145,083.
1) Communications - $713.275
Our current microwave system, the backbone of our County's radio communications, is
26 years old. Being azchaic it requires an inordinate amount of money to maintain as
failures are occurring more frequently while parts and equipment are a premium as they
are no longer manufactured.
As you are awaze the Department has searched for yeazs, to no avail, for funding from
various sources to modernise our radio communication system.
To avoid a foreseeable crisis, the system requires the immediate replacement of items
such as modems, microwave batteries and racks, repeater based stations, and radio
frequency test equipment, including transmission, line, and antenna testers. The
estimated costs for such expenditures are $713,275. We have been advising the County
for several years that we must have additional funding to at least properly maintain the
current system.
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MAYOR STEPHEN K. YAMASHIRO
NOVEMBER 18, 1999
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2) Crime Lab - $386 650
The legal mandate for forensic and DNA examinations of evidence, such as trace
evidence, drugs, and DNA, has dramatically increased. The Crime Lab is in dire need of
replacing its gas chromatographic and mass spectrometric equipment, and other ancillary
devices, to include new computers to irrterfacewith their GCIMS, W spectrophotometer,
and-ETIR_.specirophoto__meter__foLgiaftinaand_charting_nf_ihe_fnrensi~testing These-
devices are 20 years old or older and are used to conduct forensic testing of drugs and
other biotechnological products, such as protein, and for toxicology testing. Because of
the equipment's age, there is no vendor that will provide hardware or software support
for the equipment and certification ofthe equipment is suspect.
It is imperative that the Crime Lab procure these needed testing devices in order for them
to conduct forensic testing of evidence such as drugs, blood, and other unknown
substances or suspected drugs. The consequences will be that certain forensic test will no
longer be able to be conducted and outside private labs will need to be engaged at a
higher cost to complete these exams. Cases will be backlogged and in some instances
will not be able to be prosecuted.
The Crime Lab also'is in need of a sports utility vehicle as the one presently on inventory
is inoperable and would require an inordinate amount of repairs to make it serviceable.
Also needed for the Crime Lab would be a fax machine, an electrostatis vacuum box for
working on volatile chemicals and materials.
One recent DNA test conducted by a private lab relating to a homicide investigation cost
the Department 0 000.
3) Records and Identification Section - $4 ir;F
A new computer and two replacement laser jet printers are being requested in order to
facilitate the inputting of criminal statistical data and a migration from the present manual
system. The laser jet printers are older and require replacement parts which are beyond
the value of the printers themselves. The computers would be utilized for other purposes
when the Records Management System is procured.
MAYOR STEPHEN K. YAMASHlRO
NOVEMBER 18, 1999
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4) Traffic Enforcement Unit - $6.277
The Traffic Enforcement Unit requires $6,277 worth of equipment, including a DUI
checkpoint warning system in order to properly notify motorists of a DUI checkpoint.
This would lend itself not only to the safety of the public but that of police officers at that
pa~cutal• checkpoint. A lap-top computeris-also needed-for fatatacc7dent investigations
and statistical reporting.
Window tint tester/meters are needed in order to properly enforce the laws concerning the
amount of light that passes through heavily tinted vehicles.
51 Field/Investig_ative Operations - $81,787
A, Field Operations
$1900 is requested to obtain an uninterrupted power supply, a laser jet printer, and
one scanner. This would allow Field Operations to scan documents, such as
statistical data and other information, to produce comparative reports on crime
analysis, manpower distribution, and new forms.
B. Hilo/Kona Criminal Investigation Division
Three Sirchie forensic evidence drying sheds are required by the Criminal
Investigation Section in order to process blood soaked evidence which poses a
biohazard concern to the investigators. Secondly, this would prevent cross-
contamination of blood evidence during the drying process. It is also required to
prevent the loss of important trace evidence such as hair and fibers from blood or
water soaked articles and to preserve the articles in as close condition as they were
recovered which is not possible by utilizing the present air drying method and
successful prosecutions.
Also required for recording of evidentiary material and court presentation is a new
video system with handycam for Hilo CID. This would allow the investigators the
opportunity to bring the crime scene to the court room for presentation to the jury and
would lend itself to a much more effective presentation and successful prosecutions.
One surveillance camera and one pivoting all-weather camera are also required in
order to take crime scene photos and also for long-range intelligence gatherings for
Kona CID.
MAYOR STEPHEN K. YAMASHIRO
NOVEMBER 18, 1999
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C. Hilo VicelKona Vice
Both the Hilo and Kona Vice sections require a new audio intelligence system or.
body wire for covert operations where an informant or undercover police officer
utilizes in order to record and monitor purchases of illicit drugs.
D. Souih Hilo
In order to produce the necessary computerized documents, such as monthly
statistical reports, scheduling court appearances, traffic enforcement statistics, and
pending case folders, South Hilo needs two computers, two uninterrupted power
supplies, and two laser jet printers. Also required is a replacement of four typewriters
utilized by patrol officers to type reports and other required documents.
Twenty stacking chairs and two 35mm cameras are needed as the chairs are old and
have become unstable with age. Cameras themselves are too costly to repair and
have no warranty.
E. North FLIo
One computer and printer are needed for the required statistical, productivity, and
computerized logging reports generated by the district. Also required for the station
are six swivel chairs as replacements due to the fact that the chairs presently
employed are old and irreparable.
F. Hamakua
One computer printer and six swivel chairs are needed as replacement items because
of the fact that these items are too costly to repair.
Four air conditioning units are needed in the Hamakua station in order to not only
cool the station effectively but to protect sensitive electronic devices, such as
computers and portable radios.
G. Mauna Lani Substation
Three single-tier lockers are needed as replacements as the present lockers are rusted
and are missing many of the doors.
MAYOR STEPHEN K. YAMASHIRO
NOVEMBER 18, 1999
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H. N. Kohala
Three air conditioning units are needed as replacements as units presently employed
are failing and the cost to repair would greatly outweigh thetr value.
One computer, an uninterrupted power supply, and one laser jet printer are also
needed to connect the police network to generate statistical, productivity, and case
pending reports along with electronic mail.
I. Puna
Puna needs 12 chairs as the chairs presently at the station are in deplorable condition
and pose a risk to people trying to utilize them.
Three new desks are also required for the police operations clerk, other clerical staff;
and the Captain.
PERSONNEL
The Department's need for the requested new positions is critical. What follows is a
listing of the positions in descending priority and the reasons they are needed:
Administration
l) Personnel Management Specialist - $30,888.00
The only full-time civilian employee assigned to Personnel is a Personnel Assistant who
was placed in the position in 1974, 25 years old. During that year, total police personnel
totaled 269 employees with one Personnel Clerk to handle all duties of the position. In
1982, the Personnel Clerk was reallocated to a Personnel Assistant. Since that time,
Police Department employees now total 559, a 108% increase since 1974, yet only one
employee remains assigned to Personnel.
Departments of a smaller size have an employee at the level of Personnel Management
Specialist to take charge of the management of personnel and record-keeping duties
which have become more complex over the years.
MAYOR STEPHEN K. YAMASHIItO
NOVEMBER 18, 1999
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2) System Analysi I - $33,792.00
We must be allowed to expand our in-house computer capabilities. The Computer Center
is currently staffed with one Operator and one Systems Analyst II. The Operator
supports the Wang system users and maintains the system as well as do some PC
database programming, software installation and support.
The Systems Analyst II supervises the Operator and is responsible for the integrity,
stability and future growth capabilities of the overall system. Both perform hardware
repair and maintenance or arrange for third party services.
The Systems Analyst II presently maintains and supports the Intergraph Computer Aided
Dispatch (CAD) system and also assists the Fire Department with their CAD system,
their records management system, and the network communication which includes the
interface with the CML 911 system.
The Analyst will also be responsible for providing service and support to the Lanier
Local Area Network (LAN) system that is soon to be deployed in the Department's Word
Processing Center.
Juvenile Aid Section, Area II (West Hawaii)
3) Police Lieutenant - $46,572.00
There is no Lieutenant in charge of the Juvenile Aid Section for Area II (West Hawaii).
The role of the Juvenile Aid Section has increased dramatically in recent years along with
public awareness of domestic and child abuse. Effective January 3, 2000, a specialized
sexual assault unit will be formulated and managed through the Juvenile Aid Section of
Area I and Area II.
4) Police Reporter - $25,404.00
Another Police Reporter position is needed to assist the Area II Juvenile Aid Section
handle its increased workload. Currently, there are only two Police Reporters who assist
the entire Area II Criminal Investigation Division, which consists of the Criminal
Investigation Section, Vice Section, Juvenile Aid Section, Criminal Intelligence Unit and
Hawaii Isle Police Activities League.
MAYOR STEPHEN K. YAMASHIRO
NOVEMBER 18, 1999
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North Kohala District
5) Sergeant - $41,304.00
For decades only two ranking officers (a Captain and a Sergeant) have supervised 12
sworn officers and 1 civilian employee in the North Kohala District. Because of this, the
First Watch operates entirely without field supervision. Given days off, vacations,
training and other forms of time away, the Second and Third Watches are also frequently
forced to work without field supervision. This is not an acceptable practice.
Records and Identification Section
6) Sergeant - $41,304.00 -
An increase in the workload of all facets of the Records and Identification Section has
resulted in a backlog of paperwork that is not easily handled through regular overtime.
Presently there is an overflow of evidence and property in our storage facility, Part of the
problem is that the Lieutenant of Records is the only sworn personnel in Records who is
authorized to dispose of property and evidence. Evidence and property procedures
dictate that only the Lieutenant can authorize destruction of evidence. Currently there are
approximately 30,000 reports to be reviewed for evidence and property disposal. An
additional sworn officer, a Sergeant, in Records could be utilized to review and to
authorize evidence disposal along with assisting in the supervision of the evidence
custodian, records clerks, and the identification section.
7) Fingerprint Classifier II - $24,408.00
The proposed position of Fingerprint Classifier II is distinguished by the independent
analysis, classification and filing of fingerprint records ranging from the simple to the
more difficult and complex. The position requires a higher level of skill and technical
knowledge because of the higher degree of responsibility.
Also, there is no person qualified to replace the position of the Fingerprint Examiner in
her absence. This has contributed greatly to the increasing backlog of delinquent latent
print examinations for criminal cases. The subsequent delay in timely latent print
examination would seriously affect the Department's efforts to successfully prosecute
criminal cases.
MAYOR STEPHEN K. YAMASHIRO
NOVEMBER 18, 1999
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8) Police Records Clerks (2) - $43,416.00
Systems such as the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (APIs) and the
Juvenile Justice Information System (JJIS) require more responsibility and demand more
technical knowledge and analytical skills. The use of AFIS has become a regular
function of fireazms. JJIS will be in use by the end of 1999.
Vice Section_ Area II {West Hawaii)
9) Police Detective -$41,304.00
Supervise, manage and work a drug interdiction unit that will concentrate its efforts on
airport interdiction. '
Kona International Airport now has three daily flights from Japan, Los Angeles, and San
Francisco in addition to 19 Aloha Airlines flights and 14 Hawaiian Airlines flights.
There are also periodic private charter flights landing at the Kona International Airport.
In addition to the Kona International Airport, the interdiction unit would also service the
Waimea Airport andwork marine shipping at Kawaihae Harbor.
MISCELLANEOUS CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
The Department presently has $40,000 allotted for forensic pathology, dentistry, and
sexual assault for the South Hilo Criminal Investigation Division and approximately
$26,000 for the Kona Criminal Investigation Division. Both sections have utilized
$35,000 for these types of services conducted by private forensic laboratories.
The use of the FBI Crime Lab and Honolulu Crime Lab has been drastically curtailed as
both are experiencing a lazge increase of requests for forensic exams to the point that they
aze either not accepting requests from outside police agencies or the testing requires an
inordinate amount of time for the results to be obtained.
.ef It is necessary that these accounts be increased to $225,000 for the South Hilo Criminal
M Investigation Division and $100,000 for the Kona Criminal Investigation Division.
A recent case in point is the Ito murder investigation in Puna. It is estimated that this
case alone will require $30,000 [o pay for the DNA testing. DNA testing is expensive
and will be utilized in more cases in the future.
MAYOR STEPHEN K. YAMASHIIZO
NOVEMBER 18, 1999
PAGE 9
SUMMATION
The Records and ID civilian support staff is instrumental in keeping the level of services
to the community at an optimum level. They not only ensure the timely transmittal of
cases to the Prosecutor's Office, but also ensure that grant monitoring and the appropriate
reporting are channeled to the funding agency without delay.
Only $145,083 has been approved for new equipment. It is essential that the Police
Department obtain an additional $1,069,479 for needed replacements of antiquated and/or
obsolete equipment.
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