2023-08-31 Police Commission Regular Minutes

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HAWAII POLICE COMMISSION REGULAR SESSION MINUTES AUGUST 31, 2023 COUNTY BUILDING, COUNCIL CHAMBERS, SUITE 1401 25 AUPUNI ST., HILO, HAWAII CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Chair Robinson called the meeting to order at 9:07 a.m. Present: Rick Robinson, Chair Travis Ing, Commissioner Pudding Lassiter, Commissioner Rod Quartararo, Commissioner Anthony Sur, Commissioner Absent: Denby Toci, Vice Chair John Bertsch, Commissioner Josephine Pelayo, Commissioner A quorum was present. Also present: Benjamin Moszkowicz, Police Chief Reed Mahuna, Acting Deputy Chief Andrew Burian, Assistant Chief Sherry Bird, Major Scott Amaral, Acting Major Tuck Loy Aurelio, Captain Dakota Frenz, Deputy Corporation Counsel Charisse Correa, Secretary STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS (None) APPROVAL OF MINUTES • Commissioner Ing motioned to approve the regular and executive session minutes for July 21, 2023, seconded by Commissioner Lassiter with no discussion, it carried unanimously, and the minutes were approved. POLICE CHIEFS REPORT ON DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES Items from the Chief's written reports were highlighted: • Crime Report: Acting Major Amaral reported through July 31, 2023, there were 429 serious crimes: 49 burglaries, 9 robberies, 225 thefts, 34 auto thefts, 14 sexual assaults, 2 attempted murders, and 96 aggravated assaults. He pointed out a discrepancy in the report, there were no murders (the report shows there were 1). Of these 429 serious crimes, the Area I and Area II Criminal Investigation Units investigated 65 of those cases: 28 in Area I and 37 in Area II. • Traffic Report: Major Bird reported that as of August 9, 2023, traffic crashes are at 65, compared to 83 last year. Traffic fatalities are at 0 compared to 4 last year. The DUI fatality count is at 0 compared to 3 last year. DUI arrests are at 74, compared to 80 last