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Home My WebLink AboutCOM 0102.026 2000-2002 Harry Kim cR'~~..: ~~~~~9~. James S. Correa Mayor PoJice Chref 0 i~'~•.. goi'P~~ rp oR eeaa+ ~otttttp of obr,of t POLICE DEPARTMENT 349 Kapiolani Street • Hilo, Hawaii 96720-3998 (808)935-3311 • Fax (808)961-8869 August 30, 2001 TO JAMES Y. ARA I, CHAIRMAN, HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL FROM JAM S. O REA, POLICE CHIEF SUBJECT: MARIJUANA ERADICATION MISSIONS FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2001 The Hawaii Police Department conducted marijuana eradication missions on July 23-27, 2001, in East Hawaii and on July 30-August 1, 2001, in West Hawaii. As required by Resolution No. 46-01, reports indicating the number of plants eradicated and the number of complaints received from the public, the type of complaint and the complaint disposition are attached. Also included is a complaint we received on July 18, 2001, which is not related to our mission. Should you have any further questions, please contact Lieutenant Henry Tavares of our Hilo Vice Section at (808)961-2253, or Lieutenant Robert Hickcox of our Kona Vice Section at (808)326-4205. HT:if Attachments ~~Ie hTo. Ref. Zo: ~f, ~a~ SEP 1 4 2001 HAWAII POLICE DEPARTMENT COUNTER CANNABIS FIELD OPERATION REPORT TO COUNTY COUNCIL MARIJUANA PLANTS ERADICATED Date of Operation: 07-23-01/1630 hours Height Number of Plants Number of Plots From ' To Location 575_ 26 5 feet 6 feet Wainaku 312 121 seedlings 4 feet King's Landing 254, 8 seedlings 5 feet Keaau --1 348 42 seedlings 14 feet Pahoa 153' T. 1512 feet ~4 feet ~Ainaloa Subdivision _ - 1,428 84iseedlings i7 feet 'Hawaiian Acres Subdivision - Submitted By: A/L~ arshall Kanehailua #24 Date: July 25, 2001 HAWAII POLICE DEPARTMENT COUNTER CANNABIS FIELD OPERATION REPORT TO COUNTY COUNCIL MARIJUANA PLANTS ERADICATED Date of Operation: 07-24-01/1630 hours Height Number of Plants Number of Plots , From To Location 3561 59 seedlin s i4 feet Waiohinu 622' 104jseedlings i4 feet jMark Twain Estates - _ _ _i_ _ , _ - - _ - _ _ - - _ _ _a_ _ - Submitted By: A/Lt. tillarshall Kanehailua #24 Date: July 25, 2001 HAWAII POLICE DEPARTMENT COUNTER CANNABIS FIELD OPERATION REPORT TO COUNTY COUNCIL MARIJUANA PLANTS ERADICATED Date of Operation: 07-25-01/1530 hours sleight Number of Plants ~ Number of Plots From To Location 1,500 i 15 seedlings 6 feet ~ Kaiwiki 186 j _ 2612 feet 4 feet Hakalau 991 ; 25 ~ seedlings 8 feet Nonomu 564; 41 2 feet 6 feet Mauna Kea Ranch 498 ~ 49 2 feet 6 feet Paauhau _ _ _ - - ~ - 375~ 38 1 foot 3 feet Maulua Gulch - - _ - _ - _ . j - _ i- _ - ! - - Submitted By: A/Lt. Marshall Kanehailua X24 Date: July 25, 2001 HAWAII POLICE DEPARTMENT COUNTER CANNABIS FIELD OPERATION REPORT TO COUNTY COUNCIL MARIJUANA PLANTS ERADICATED Date of Operation: 07-26-01/1600 hours Height _ Number of Plants 'Number of Plots i~ From ' To Location 752 25 seedlings 8 feet ~ Honomu 1,164- 47 seedlings ~ 8 feet ! Pepeekeo 322 121 seedlings i4 feet Kaiwiki 1,227!___ 351 seedlings 7 feet I Ninole 104; 41 seedlings 3 feet I Laupahoehoe _ _ 1081 4 seedlings 3 feet Waawaa _ , _ _ _ - i _ _ Submitted By: A/Lt~i~llarshall Kanehailua #24 Date: July 26, 2001 HAWAII POLICE DEPARTMENT COUNTER CANNABIS FIELD OPERATION REPORT TO COUNTY COUNCIL MARIJUANA PLANTS ERADICATED Date of Operation: 07-27-01/1430 hours Height Number of Plants Number of Plots i From To Location 406' 43 seedlings 5 feet ! Waawaa 371 51 ~ seedlings 15 feet ~ Kapoho 518__ 582 feet j4 feet Kalapana 917 34 I seedlings ! 8 feet ; Hakalau - - _ Submitted By: A/Lt. arshall Kanehailua #24 Date: July 27, 2001 HAWAII POLICE DEPARTMENT COUNTER CANNABIS FIELD OPERATION REPORT TO COUNTY COUNCIL OF COMPLAINT RECEIVED CCFO No.: 2001-20 Complaint No.: 1 Date/Time Reported: 07-23-01/0920 Date/Time Occurred: 07-23-01/0900 Location: Hawaiian Acres Road 5/G Complaint: Helicopters flying over the edge of Hawaiian Acres at about 950-1,000 feet. Color of Helicopter: yellow Tail No.: Letters "HPD" Visible: Yes No~x Call Received By: Clerk Maxine HANASHIRO Complainant Recontacted By: A/Lt. Marshall KANEHAILUA Date/Time: 07-23-01/0950 Reason for Being in Area: Flying to landing zone. Time in Area: less than 1 minute No. of Plants Recovered: transition flight onl~r Immediate Action Taken: Contacted Detective Burt SHIMABUKURO, he said that the helicopter is being used by DOCARE and was flying to the Geothermal Landing Zone. Comments: Caller said that he is a trained aerial observer with the Navy Seals and wanted to let the Police Department know that the helicopter was flying between 950 and 1,000 feet close to Road G Hawaiian Acres. ~2~ l ~ ~ Submitted By: A/Lt. rs a~I~NE AILUA #24 Date/Time: 07-2 -01/1100 HAWAII POLICE DEPARTMENT COUNTER CANNADIS FIELD OPERATION REPORT TO COUNTY COUNCIL OF COMPLAINT RECEIVED CCFO No.: 2001-20 Complaint No.: 2 DatefTime Reported: 07-23-01/1345 Date/Time Occurred: 07-23-01/1330 Location: Hawaiian Acres Road 9/C Complaint: Caller stated that he just received a call from his spouse informing him that police helicopter just flew by her home in Hawaiian Acres and that spouse saw people rappelling, and that he wanted to file a complaint. Since he could not give the color of the helicopter or helicopter number, he said that it would be ok to call his wife back. Color of Helicopter: possibly ra r~ Tail No.: unable to see Letters "HPD" Visible: Yes No~x Call Received By: I. FERREIRA Complainant Recontacted By: A/Lt. Marshall KANEHAILUA Date/Time: 07-23-01/1350 Reason for Being in Area: Flight in subdivision for large marijuana patch which was observed at 1,000'. Helicopter there to insert officers. Time in Area: 15-20 minutes No. of Plants Recovered: 1,428 Immediate Action Taken: Helicopter left area after removing 1,428 marijuana plants. Comments: Attempted to call caller at 1350, 1410, 1420, 1440 Hours. Made contact with caller at 1450 hours, caller said that she was just wondering if Helicoter belonged to Police. Caller was told of large marijuana patch and was satisfied. Caller said that she was not complaining about Helicopters. Submitted By: A/Lt. arshall KANEHAILUA #24 Date/Time: 07- 3-01/1530 hours ~iAWAII POLICE DEPARTMENT COUNTER CANNABIS FIELD OPERATION REPORT TO COUNTY COUNCIL OF COMPLAINT RECEIVED CCFO No.: 2001-20 Complaint No.: 3 Date/Time Reported: 07-23-01/1400 hours Date/Time Occurred: 07-23-01 Location: Hawaiian Acres Complaint: Caller wanted to complain about Helicopter leaving the are3without getting a marijuana patch that is located closer to her residence. Caller was upset that Police would leave the marijuana patch behind. Color of Helicopter: Gray Tail No.: unable to see Letters "HPD" Visible: Yes Nox Call Received By: A/Lt. Marshall KANEHAILUA #24 Complainant Recontacted By: DateiTime: Reason for Being in Area: Remove large marijuana patch consisting of 1,428 marijuana plants. Time in Area: 20 minutes No. of Plants Recovered: 1,428 Immediate Action Taken: Helicopter left area after removing 1,428 marijuana plants. Comments: Contact was made with spotter, Officer Robert HIRONAKA, he informed me that he did see another large marijuana patch but left it back because of limited flight time and lack of room to carry more marijuana plants. Officers returned on 7-24-01 and found that the marijuana plants had been removed. ,~.-~l Submitted By: A/Lt. arshall KANEHAILUA #24 Date/Time: 07-24-01 /1545 Qom/ h Hs4VVd411 I~®LICE ®ImPAR`TMEN1' C®UNT~R C~lNNI~a~IS FIELI] ®P~IR.~4TI®N I~~P®RT T® C®UNl°Y C®IJNCIL ®F' COIVIPLAINT IiECIEIVE® CCFO No.: 2001-21 Complaint No.: 1 DatelTime Reported: July 24, 2001/1015 hours Date/T'ime Occurred: J~ 24, 2001/0900-1000 hrs Location: Discovery Harbor, Ka'u Complaint: `Three to four helicopters were in the area from approximately 0900/1000 hours. A silver helicopter with no markings had two long ropes/hoses spraying paraquat approximately 500 feet from property within the Mark Twain Subdivision. An orange helicopter with no markings was also in the area. Two other helicopters were farther away but caller was not sure of colors because they were against the sun. Caller is a software engineer and cannot work with the noise. Color of Helicopter: Silver Tail No.: Unable to see Letters "HPD" Visible: Yes No~x Call Received By: Karen Ramada Complainant Recontacted By: A/Lt. Marshall KANEHAILUA Date/Time: 07-24-01/1850 Reason for Being in Area: Helicopter inserting officers into marijuana patch. Time in Area: 0930/1000 No. of Plants Recovered: 622 Immediate Action Taken: Helicoter left area after removing 622 marijuana plants. Comments: Contacted caller at 1850 hours, caller said that the Helicopter was never close enough to see the letters "HPD". Explained to caller that the Helicopter was there inserting officers into a marijuana patch and no spraying was done. Caller was satisfied. Submitted By: A/Lt. arshall KANEI-IAILUA X24 Date/'Time: 07-24-01/1910 hours HAWAII POLICE DEPARTMENT COUNTER CANNABIS FIELD OPERATION REPORT TO COUNTY COUNCIL OF COMPLAINT RECEIVED CCFO No.: 2001_-22 Complaint No.: 1 Date/Time Reported: 07-25-01/0930 Date/Time Occurred: 07-25-01/0900 Location: Paauilo Mauka Complaint: Yellow and orange Helicopter spraying poison near her residence. Caller indicated that Helicopter is flying very high and she is unable to see the numbers or letters. Color of Helicopter: Yellow Tail No.: unable to see Letters "HPD" Visible: Yes No~x Call Received By: A/Lt. Marshall KANEHAILUA #24 Complainant Recontacted By: Date/Time: Reason for Being in Area: Time in Area: No. of Plants Recovered: Immediate Action Taken: Contacted ground crew Detective Burt SHIMABUKURO, he said that that Helicopter is being used by DOCARE. Comments: Caller was informed that that particular Helicopter is being operated by DOCARE officers. Caller was directed to call DOCARE at 974-6207. Caller satisfied. ~ Submitted By: A/Lt. rshall KANEHAILUA #24 Date/Time: 07-24-01/1900 hours HAWAII POLICE DEPARTMENT COUNTER CANNABIS FIELD OPERATION REPORT TO COUNTY COUNCIL MARIJUANA PLANTS ERADICATED Date of Operation: 07-30-2001 Height T- Number of Plants Number of Plots I From ' To Location 105 5 Seedlings 4' Kaloko 82~ - T 4 Seedlings '~4' IKaapuna _ - - 401 6 Seedlings 5' ! Kaapuna (Makai) 1 - - - - + - - - - L L _ - - - Submitted By: } t~ ~c~-~ 1 • ~ S Date: ~i ~ -S e ' l HAWAII POLICE DEPARTMENT COUNTER CANNABIS FIELD OPERATION REPORT TO COUNTY COUNCIL MARIJUANA PLANTS ERADICATED Date of Operation: 07-31-2001 Height Number of Plants Number of Plots ~ From T-To Location 320 15 Seedlings 5' HOVE 150 5 Seedlings 5' Discovery Harbour I - ~ - Submitted B t~f`~ 1 ~ Y~ ~~.~--V ~ ~ - L - - Date: - - ~ ~i;~~y1 HAWAII POLICE DEPARTMENT COUNTER CANNABIS FIELD OPERATION REPORT TO COUNTY COUNCIL MARIJUANA PLANTS ERADICATED Date of Operation: 08-01-2001 Height Number of Plants Number of Plots From I To Location 756 4 Seedlings 5' HOVE, Kau Submitted By: , ; ~ t T? Date: ~,I 7.rm?. HAWAII POLICE DEPARTMENT COUNTER CANNABIS FIELD OPERATION RO=PORT TO COUNTY COUNCIL OF COMPLAINT RECEIVED CCFO No.: 2001-025 Complaint No.: 1 Date/Time Reported: 07-30-01/1100 hours DateiTime Occurred: 07-30-01/1055 hours Location: Honalo Mauka, North Kona Complaint: Reported that helicopter was flying near his residence causing a lot of noise. Related that he lives approx. 1/2 mile mauka of Honalo in an agricultural area and the helicopter was flying further mauka of his residence. When asked if he could describe the helicopter, he related that it was too high and far away and that all he could see was a "black dot in the sky." When asked as to what his complaint was, he indicated that the helicopter was too loud and causing too much noise. Color of Helicopter: Uncertain (black dot in the sky) Tail No.: Unknown Letters "HPD" Visible: Yes No~X Call Received By: Lt. Robert HICKCOX Complainant Recontacted By: Attempted phone contact Date/Time: 07-30-01/1135 hours (busy) Reason for Being in Area: Checking former marijuana grow sites in undeveloped areas. Time in Area: 5 minutes No. of Plants Recovered: None Immediate Action Taken: Upon receiving complaint, attempts were made to contact aircraft. Upon making contact, aircraft had left area and confirmation received that no flights were made over any residences in area of complaint. Comments: Complaint was made as to noise of aircraft. There was no violation of procedures. Submitted By: Robert P. HICKCOX, Lt. Date/Time: 07-31-01/1916 hours HAWAII POLICE DEPARTMENT COUNTER CANNABIS FIELD OPERATION REPORT TO COUNTY COUNCIL OF COMPLAINT RECEIVED CCFO No.: 2001-025 Complaint No.: 2 Date/Time Reported: 07-30-2001/1355 hours Date/Time Occurred: 07-30-01/1345 hours Location: Kaohe, South Kona Complaint: Helicopter flying past her residence at a low altitude. Color of Helicopter: Dark green Tail No.: Unknown Letters "HPD" Visible: Yes No~ Call Received By: Lt. Robert HICKCOX Complainant Recontacted By: Lt. Robert HICKCOX Date/Time: 07-30-2001/1355 hours Reason for Being in Area: Traveling south to Kau District. Time in Area: 1 minute No. of Plants Recovered: None Immediate Action Taken: Informed complainant that helicopter was headed south and flying down slope below the highway, keeping away from residential areas and low flying tour aircraft. She replied that helicopter appeared to be flying low and was traveling south. Comments: After speaking with complainant, she did state that the aircraft was down slope, makai of her residence a distance away. She related that it may be possible that the helicopter was not flying low due to the slope of the terrain and further that the helicopter did not hover over a particular area but was flying slowly south. Ther appeared to be no violation. ~ - Submitted By: Robert P. HICKCOX, Lt. Date/Time: 08-01-01/1400 hours HAWAII POLICE DEPARTMENT COUNTER CANNABIS FIELD OPERe4TION REPORT TO COUNTY COUNCIL OF COMPLAINT RECEIVED CCFO No.: Complaint No.: 1 Date/Time Reported: 07-18-01/1230 Date/Time Occurred: 07-18-01/1215 Location: 24th Avenue, Hawaiian Paradise Park Subdivision, Puna, HI. Complaint: 8 helicopters flying 20' over her house. Further stated that all 8 helicopters were green in color and flying in formation. Color of Helicopter: Green Tail No.: Letters "HPD" Visible: Yes No~x Call Received By: A/Lt. Marshall KANEHAILUA #24 Complainant Recontacted By: No number left Date/Time: Reason for Being in Area: Time in Area: No. of Plants Recovered: Immediate Action Taken: Comments: Caller was notified that the Hawaii County Police Department was not conducting marijuana missions this week. Caller was advised to check with the Hilo control tower to determine who was flying over her residence ~ ~ ~ 4 Submitted 13y: A/Lt arshall KANEHAILUA #2 Date/Time: 07-18-01 /1350