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POLICE DEPARTMENT
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FROM PAUL K. FERREIRA, ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF
ACTING POLICE CHIEF
SUBJECT FINAL REPORT rte,.
Name of Grant Program: Community Oriented Policing Services
Federal or State Grantor: Hawaii Community Foundation
County Grantee DepartmenUAgency: County Police Department
Grant No.: 20041397
Amount of Grant: $200,000.00
Amount of County Match: None
County Revenue & Expenditures Acct 010.201.5216.16, 3303.44
Grant Period: September 1, 2007 -May 31, 2007
Goals: See attached
Objectives: See attached
Outcomes: See attached
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June 29, 2007
Ms. Clarysse Kami Nunokawa
Hawaii Community Foundation
1164 Bishop Street, Suite 800
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813-2817
Dear Ms. Nunokawa:
Re: Grant ID No. 20041397
Project Title: Drug Lab Equipment
Grant Period: 09-01-2004 to 0'S-3 ~ •2007
This is the final report covering the period December 2005 to June 2007 for funding
provided under Grant ID No. 20041397 to equip and educate the Hawaii Police
Department Crime Lab and personnel.
MILESTONES
The following equipment were purchased and put into service as originally budgeted:
1. One gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer (GC-MS) with auto-sampler
2. Two ultra violet (UV) absorption spectrophotometer
3. Three dissecting microscopes
4. Three compound microscopes
5. Three electronic balances
6. Two ductless fume hoods
7. One latent dusting chamber
8. Digital photography equipment, which included a digital conversion scanning
back to an existing analog system, one digital SLR camera, one photo scanner
and one photo printer.
The Crime Lab determined that funding for the attenuated total reflection (ATR) system
and the latent glue-fuming chamber would better serve laboratory operations by
judicious reallocation as such:
"Hawai'i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer"
' Ms. Clarysse Kami Nunokawa
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June 29, 2007
1. Purchasing three centrifuges
2. Updating reference materials, i.e., books and software with respect to drug
analysis
3. Purchasing upgraded digital photography software to maximize the effectiveness
of the forensic digital conversion
4. Allowing one criminalist to attend training on the mainland pertinent to forensic
digital photography
5. Purchasing two backup lamp sources for the UV spectrophotometer
After approval was given by the Hawaii Community Foundation, the above were
obtained and placed into service.
In addition to the above training, one criminalist was sent to the mainland for training on
the GC-MS data system.
NARRATIVE
In the course of the grant period, the original stated goals of reducing the backlog of
90-day requests and reducing the turn-around time of requests both by 20% have been
met. As of this writing, the Crime Lab has only one in this category and only four in the
60-89 day requests. Considering that these are absolute numbers and that with the
retirement of the Director last December the Crime Lab is operating at two-thirds
staffing, it is remarkable that the completion of analyses could be accomplished in such
a timely manner.
For the purpose of assessing to meet a 20% decrease in the time required by each
criminalist to conduct instrumental drug analyses, the Crime Lab needed to perform a
timed study using original equipment then comparing to the newly acquired
instrumentation. The UV met this milestone by reducing the time from proper
application of the sample to hardcopy spectrum in less than one minute. The GC-MS
was difficult to quantitate since with the introduction of the auto-sampler, the criminalist
could utilize time outside of regular work hours. It became clear that with prudent
sample preparation and setup, the GC-MS work could be accomplished with little
disruption to other casework.
The film to digital photography conversion is still on-going, however, with preliminary
trial runs the efficiency was noted by the instantaneous assessment of the image and
the ability to achieve a hardcopy print.
Ms. Clarysse Kami Nunokawa
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June 29, 2007
The remainder of the equipment, reference material and software, though ancillary,
provided a necessary update to aid in the workflow of the Crime Lab.
The increase in efficiency of sample application and data processing has also had an
additional benefit in allowing the Crime Lab to address training issues with Detectives in
the investigative units. With the eventual hiring of a new criminalist, the Crime Lab
believes that future backlog of requests will be minimized and timely completion of
requests will be consistent.
The end of this grant marks a beginning of addressing new challenges for the Crime
Lab. With an increase of instrumental efficiency, reconfiguring the physical plant may
need to be considered. The success of this grant ultimately has and will continue to
benefit the community of Hawaii County.
If there are any questions, please contact criminalist Edward S. Oshiro at
(808)961-8814.
ENCE K. MAHUNA
POLICE CHIEF
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