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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0140.053 2002-2004 OONtY Os Ngw9 Harry Kim 4G,~' Lawrence K. Mahuna .Navor Police Chief ~a; : Harry S. Kubojiri art aF~N~'8 Depurl' Pa/ice Chief County of Hawaii POLICE DEPARTMENT , 349 Kapiolani Street • Hilo, Hawaii 96720-3998 Q ~ (808) 935-3311 • Fax (808) 961-8869 ~ ~ L March 5,2004 - -a w TO JAMES Y. A KI, COUNCIL CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMB'rRS IJ ' ~7 FROM CHARLES M CH ,ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF ACTING PO ICE CHIEF SUBJECT FINAL REPORT Name of Grant Program: Equipment/Training Program State Department of Transportation Public Federal or State Grantor: Affairs-Safe Community Program County Grantee DepartmenUAgency: County Police Department Grant No.: A103-02(02-H-01) Amount of Grant: $6,245.00 Amount of County Match: None County Revenue & Expenditures Acct 010-201-5216.06 & 3303.16 Grant Period: October 1, 2002-September 30, 2003 Goals: See attached Objectives: See attached Outcomes or Results: See attached. Comm. No. ~0 •S3 Ref. To: Ref. Date 2U04 SAFE COMMUNITY HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAM QUARTERLY REPORT HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT PROJECT TITLE: FATAL CRASH INVESTIGATION EQUIPMENT PURCHASE PROGRAM Priority Area: I Area: Alcohol Countermeasures and Speed Control SOLUTION The Hawaii County Police Department would like to improve the quality of our alcohol and speed related fatal traffic crashes by obtaining the necessary tools to record, document, evaluate, process and investigate crime scenes and evidence at crime scenes. While our Traffic Enforcement Unit has partially upgraded their equipment, the following equipment requested is needed to improve the quality of investigations and to make the equipment more readily available. The large land area separating East and West Hawaii hinders investigations when needed equipment is not available or requires over two hours of travel to become available for use. To improve the quality of our investigations and increase conviction rates of prosecuted drivers we will purchase the following equipment: 1. Two video recorders and one television monitor to be used to copy and process video evidence obtained from the in-car video cameras in DUI investigations and fatal crash investigations. 2. Video camera with pull out video screen to allow taping at different heights and angles while documenting a crime scene, evidence at the crime scene and vehicles involved in fatal crashes. 3. One Map Scenes crash and crime scene mapping program. Each program comes with two licenses allowing for two computers. Our Traffic Enforcement Unit currently has two desk top computers, one in East and one in West Hawaii and three lap top computers. The purchase of this program will allow for four separate work stations and provide access to the program for West Hawaii officers, who currently must commute to East Hawaii to use the program. 4. Two copies of the Maine Computer Group's AR Pro version 6.09, one for East and one for West Hawaii. This program has over 150 formulas used in crash reconstruction and will improve the quality of our fatal crash investigations. 5. Two illuminated prism reflectors. A majority if fatal crashes occur at night and the current prisms used in the Sokkia program are difficult to acquire and shoot at night, causing longer road closures. Illuminated prism reflectors would assist in quicker processing of the scene and shorten road closures. FATAL CRASH INVESTIGATION EQUIPMENT PURCHASE PROGRAM PAGE 2 To improve the investigation of alcohol related fatal collisions by: 1. Use of federal grant to fund a training class on "Tactical Scene Assessment using a Total Station for Crash and Crime Scene Investigations". 2. Attendance of 100% of Traffic Enforcement Unit officers to training session, as well as attendance of Criminal Investigation Section Detectives and officers statewide, based on availability. 3. The Hawaii County Police Department will provide the training area for this session. 4. With the information provided by use of the "total station", we can improve our alcohol related fatal crash investigations and the required information being provided to the State Department of Transportations Fatal Analysis Reporting System (F.A.R.S.). Goals and Objectives of Project. The goals and objectives of this project are: • Improve the quality of alcohol and speed related fatal crash investigations to increase conviction rates in criminal cases. • To fund a training session to provide training in the use of the "total station" in alcohol related fatal crash investigations, improve these investigations and improve the information being provided to the State Department of Transportation for their F.A.R.S. program. GRANT PERIOD RESULTS: FINAL REPORT • All equipment purchased and received. Traffic Enforcement Officers are currently using the equipment in alcohol and speed related fatal crash investigations and drunk driving and reckless driving investigations. • 100% (six) of all TEU officers and four patrol and Criminal Investigation Section officers attended the "Tactical Scene Assessment using a Total Station for Crash and Crime Scene Investigations" training in Hilo.