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Last year when we presented the police department's 2001-2002 budget to the county
council, we were asked, what does the Police department need to protect our citizen's properly?
It was an earnest effort on the council's behalf to assess the department's needs. During this
meeting chief Correa responded that his answer if given at that time would not be a true
indication of their needs but a grasping of straws since no research was done prior to this
meeting. In the past the mayor in trying to present a balanced budget, as mandated by' law, has
given the directive to each department to submit a status quo budget. Hence, we were not
prepared for the questions asked by the county council.
During the past year we have studied the department and the different districts and their
needs. Chief Correa and his staff are currently putting together a comprehensive five year plan
that will address the needs of the department and the needs of each district.
In the past years the Police Department has done its best to cut its expenses to the bare
minimum so that the county could balance its budget. In doing so we have encountered- many
new problems, for our county's population has increased. We currently spend 78% of our
current budget, deducting grants, in salaries and wages. This does not include car allowance,
fuel, electricity, janitorial services, insurance and the many other expenses that are incurred on a
daily basis running our department. Upon paying all of these expenses we are left with less than
1% of our budget for new equipment. We currently need to replace many outdated equipment
and repair or build new facilities.
Our Criminal Investigation section currently utilizes a 1973 van to transport their
equipment and men to investigate major crimes scenes. Our crime lab, which test suspected
illicit drugs from marijuana to crystal methamphetamine and heroin each year increase the
number of case backlog due to the efficiency of our police department and the antiquity of the
equipment our technicians are using. The backlog of cases prevents our prosecutors from
charging criminals immediately and allows them more time to commit more crimes. VVe need to
Lquip our technicians with better equipment to analyze substances faster and more accurately and
to prepare their reports more efficiently.
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g8 99 00
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Recently I had the opportunity to tour Puna's police station. I was appalled at the
condition of the building and the working conditions that the officers endure on a daily basis.
Their working quarters are cramped and dilapidated and many of the equipment that they use
needs to be replaced. One officer even brought in an old computer that they were trying to fix to
type reports. Tuna's station is in need of major renovations or a new station should be built to
handle the need of their growing population.
Supervision is an important function of any successful operation and our police
department is no different. VVe need to address the problem of the insufficient amount of
supervising officers in our department. Based on the rank to patrol officer ratio of our
department compared to Maui's and Honolulu's department, we do not have enough supervising
officers. Honolulu utilizes one sergeant for every 4.8 patrol officers, Maui utilizes one sergeant
for every 4.5 patrol officers and we utilize one sergeant for every 9.6 patrol officers, two times
:Wore officers per sergeant than the other two counties. Similar ratios are also true for lieutenant
to patrol officers and detectives to patrol officers.
During the past year we have heard citizens in Kau complaining about our officers'
performance. It is difficult to decide what is the truth and what is fabricated. It is also difficult
to understand why an area as large as Kau, which is larger than the island of Oahu, has no rank
on certain shifts to ensure that officers arc doing what they are supposed to be doing. Taking
into consideration days off, holidays, vacations and sick leave, it takes five officers with rank to
have one on duty on all three shifts. We currently have one captain and two sergeants manning
our Kau station. There are many shifts when a rank is not available to supervise the two patrol
officers patrolling all of Kau.
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captain 24 8 10
l~i~utanant 115 22 18
~r~aant 282 51 33
ete~tive 185 30 32
patr®i ®fficer 1346 228 31 ~
ib,ieu#enant/p'l~ 11.7 10.4 17.6
~rgaantBP® 4.8 4.5 9.6
~ta~tive~P~ 7.3 7.6 10.1
There are two districts that require immediate attention due to the population growth.
Puna, one of the fastest growing communities in our state, has a population to police officer ratio
of 681 citizens to one officer, the average ratio for our county is 522 citizens per officer. Based
on this figure Puna need more officers to protect its growing population. The other district that
deserves more attention is South Kona, their population to officer ratio is 881 citizens to one
patrol officer. South Kona's population is larger than North Kohala, Kau, and North Hilo and
Hamakua combined. They do not have a captain, a lieutenant, or a sergeant on duty on any of its
shifts, there is no supervision in South Kona. The sub station, which was once the main station
in Kona, need to be repaired and manned.
AIl~c~t~~~ C~~icer~ by district
~a~tain ~i~rat~~a~t Sergeant CPS ~®tal
~-Bil® 1 ~ 7 10 73 95
S. '8°lil~ 1 4 6 9 63 83
N.l~iil® 0 0 1 1 10 12
~ !°laa~tak~~ 1 0 2 1 13 17
j~®hala 2 1 4 4 35 46
~L®ttala 1 1 3 3 23 31
l~. K®hala 1 0 1 1 12 15
1 4 6 ~ 48 66
IV.IC®na 1 4 6 5 35 51
~.lC®n~ 0 0 0 2 10 12
~aaa 1 0 2 2 12 17
i~'t~n~ 1 1 4 4 36 46
P~~ul~ti®ri t~ ~C3~icers ~y district
P®p~ulati~a~ Pa}~. officers % ®f ®fi~icers P®p.{~fficer
I-lil® 49,106 33.0% 95 33.1% 517
S. Hilo 47,385 31.9% 83 28.9% 571
N. Hil® 1,720 1.2% 12 4.2% 143
Hamakua 6,108 4.1 % 17 5.9% 359
K®hala 19,169 12.9% 46 16.0% 417
S. K®hala 13,131 8.8% 31 10.8% 424
N. Ks~l~ala 6,038 4.1 % 15 5.2% 403
K®na 37,132 25.0% 66(68)* 23.0% 562
N. Kc~rta 26,556 17.9% 54 18.8% 492
S. K®na 10,576 7.1 % 12 4.2% 881
Kau 5,827 3.9% 17 5.9% 343
Puma 31,335 21.1 % 46 16.0% 681
Island /avg.
`T®tal 148, 677 287(289*} 518
* ( ) 2 ®##icers fr~rn Dana are used exclusively
f®r H1P~~.. in West Hawaii
Several years ago 2 patrol officers were taken from Kona and assigned to the West
Hawaii Hi I'AL program. These officers were never replaced leaving Kona 2 officers short of
their original allocation. The Hi P~ program benefit the young and creates a positive
relationship between the police department and the children it serves. If this program is
important to the community that it serves we should fund these positions and return the 2 officers
back to patrol.
The districts of North Kona and South Kohala create a large amount of jobs and
contribute the majority of our county's property taxes. The "Gold Coast" as labeled by former
Governor John Burns is the resource of our island's economy. In year 2000, West Hawaii
averaged 17,784 visitors per day or 81.2% of our island's visitors per day. The amount of jobs
that are created in North Kona and South Kohala in the construction industry and the visitor
industry are very important to our island's fragile economy. The visitors that we depend on to
help our economy to grow must be protected for our island to prosper in the future. The De~acto
population should weigh heavily in deciding the allocation of officers in each district, for it is
this population that help to determine the economic status of our island.
~~F'a~t® ulati®n
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Total % O# % O# Avg. Visita~r of Avg.
Visitor Hays Visitor days Total Visitors 'Total Visitors der day Visitor i~er ®ay
9ll9est Hawaii 6,499,159 81.3% 1,101,403 74.8% 17,784 81.2%
fast iiawaii 1,499,065 18.7% 370,192 25.2% 4,107 18.8%
Total 7,998,224 1,471,595 21,891