HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-06-18 Police Commission AgendaMitchell D. Roth
Mayor
John Bertsch, Chair
Guy Schutte, Vice Chair
Thomas Brown, Member
Pudding Lassiter, Member
Rod Quartararo, Member
Rick Robinson, Member
Donna Springer, Member
Anthony Sur, Member
Denby Toci, Member
COUNTY OF HAWAII
Police Commission
101 Pauahi Street, Suite 9 Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Phone: (808) 932-2950 Fax: (808) 932-2949
MEETING NOTICE
DATE: FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 2021
TIME: 9:00 A.M.
PLACE: AUPUNI CENTER CONFERENCE ROOM
101 PAUAHI ST., HILO, HAWAII
NOTE: FACE MASKS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING WILL BE REQUIRED.
AGENDA
CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
• May 21, 2021, regular and executive sessions
POLICE CHIEF'S REPORT ON DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES
Including, but not limited to:
• Crime Report
• Traffic Report
• Personnel Report
• Finance
• Commendations
• Other Department Activities
CORRESPONDENCE
• Correspondence 21-04: Susan Olsen expressed concerns about her request for
records from the Police Department and how the Police Department and State
agencies handled her son's mental health issues.
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Meeting Agenda
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CHAIR'S REPORT ON MATTERS OF INTEREST TO THE COMMISSION
• Community relations
(CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC)
EXECUTIVE SESSION
The commission will meet in executive session to consider charges against officers or
employees of the police department where matters affecting privacy will be involved, to
consider sensitive matters relating to public safety, and may consult with Corporation
Counsel on questions and issues pertaining to the commission's powers, duties, privileges,
immunities, and liabilities pursuant to HRS 92-5 (a) (2) (4) (6) and the Hawaii County
Charter Section 13-20 (b).
CONSIDERATION AND INVESTIGATION OF COMPLAINTS (Briefly summarized.)
• Complaint HPC 21-13: Complainant was arrested for disorderly conduct. He
complained of his treatment during his arrest.
• Complaint HPC 21-14: Complainant was arrested for disorderly conduct. He
complained of his treatment during his arrest.
• Complaint HPC 21-15: Complainant was arrested for disorderly conduct. He
complained of his treatment during his arrest.
• Complaint HPC 21-16: Complainant was arrested for disorderly conduct. He
complained of his treatment during his arrest.
• Complaint HPC 21-18: Complainant complained about the manner in which an officer
spoke to her during a traffic stop.
• Complaint HPC 21-19: Complainant alleged that an officer harassed him and a friend
in the parking lot of a local bar.
• Complaint HPC 21-25/26: Complainant complained about how the police handled the
situation when they were called by a grocery store because she was not wearing a face
mask.
• Complaint HPC 21-29: Complainant alleged that she called police dispatch and no
officer showed up. She also alleged that an officer did not read the perpetrator his
rights.
0 Complaint HPC 21-30: Complainant alleged that officers did not return her calls.
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• Complaint HPC 21-31: Complainant was detained by store personnel. He complained
about the manner in which an officer handled the situation.
• Complaint HPC 21-34: Complainant alleges that the police department is harassing
him by causing his cellphone and computer to have connectivity issues.
• Complaint HPC 21-35: Complainant alleged that someone entered his home and
removed three DVDs that he borrowed from the library. He alleged that an officer's
inaccurate report was a conspiracy to frame him and adversely affect his relationship
with the library. The DVDs were found back at the library.
• Complaint HPC 21-36: Complainant alleged that an officer punched her while she was
in handcuffs and other officers did not report it. She also alleged that officers lied in
court about the incident.
STATUS REPORT OF REFERRED AND EXTERNAL COMPLAINTS
(OPEN SESSION)
ACTION ON EXECUTIVE SESSION MATTERS
• Investigation of Complaints
✓ HPC 21-13
✓
HPC 21-14
✓
HPC 21-15
✓
HPC 21-16
✓
HPC 21-18
✓
HPC 21-19
✓
HPC 21-25/26
✓
HPC 21-29
✓
HPC 21-30
✓
HPC 21-31
✓
HPC 21-34
✓
HPC 21-35
✓
HPC 21-36
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
The next meeting is scheduled for July 16, 2021, 9:00 a.m., in the West Hawaii Civic
Center, Building G Conference Room, 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway, Kailua-Kona,
Hawaii.
ADJOURNMENT
Notice: This meeting place is accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons who need
special accommodations for this meeting should call the Police Commission's office at
least three days before the meeting. Relay users may call (711) 932-2950.
Hawai `i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.