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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009-12-18 Police Commission AgendaWilliam P. Kenoi Mayor County of Hawaii POLICE COMMISSION The Hilo Lagoon Centre 101 Aupuni Street, Suite 313 • Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Phone: (808) 961 -8412 • Fax: (808) 961 -8563 MEETING NOTICE DATE: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2009 Thomas P. Whittemore, Chair Louis Kaoiwi, Vice Chair Richard J. Behenna, Member Carol R. Ignacio, Member Donn S. Mende, Member Melvin S. Morimoto, Member Anita Politano Steckel, Member Michael B. Sumja, Member TIME: 9:00 A.M. BUSINESS OTHER THAN INVESTIGATION OF COMPLAINTS 10:30 A.M. INVESTIGATION OF COMPLAINTS (May commence earlier depending on business agenda.) PLACE: DEPARTMENT OF LIQUOR CONTROL, THE HILO LAGOON CENTRE 101 Aupuni St., Ste. 230, Hilo AGENDA INVOCATION CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL APPROVAL OF AGENDA STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS APPROVAL OF MINUTES November 20, 2009, regular and executive sessions. COMMUNICATIONS • Correspondence 09 -27, from Anthony J. Scott, informing about his father's death in Kailua- Kona in 2008. • Correspondence 09 -28, from Police Chief Kubojiri, Annual Misconduct Report to the State Legislature. • Correspondence 09 -29, from Police Chief Kubojiri, Year -End Report of the Police Department's Goals for Calendar year 2009. Hawai `i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. Hawaii County Police Commission December 18, 2009 Page 2 COMMITTEE REPORTS • Budget and Finance (Kaoiwi /Mende) • Office Management and Staffing (Whittemore) • Rules and Policies (Behenna /Sumja) ➢ Development of vision and mission statement ➢ Review of revised rules and regulations • Contractual Services (vacant) • Public Relations /Information (Politano Steckel /Ignacio) CHIEF'S REPORT Including: • Crime • Traffic • Personnel (Including, but not limited to work and training assignments, promotions, reallocations, severance from service, automobile allowances, and appointments.) • Finance • Commendations • Other Departmental Activities NEW BUSINESS • Selection of Chair and Vice Chair of the Police Commission for 2010. • Review of Police Commission's 2010 Meeting Schedule (OPEN TO PUBLIC) STATEMENTS ON COMPLAINTS (Approximately 10.30 a.m.) EXECUTIVE SESSION (CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC) To consider discipline and charges against officers or employees of the Hawaii County Police Department where consideration of matters affecting privacy will be involved and to consult with Corporation Counsel on questions and issues pertaining to the commission's powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and liabilities pursuant to HRS 92 -5 (2) (4) and Hawaii County Charter Section 13 -20 (b). • STATEMENTS ON COMPLAINTS • INVESTIGATION AND DELIBERATION OF COMPLAINTS ➢ HPC 09 -15: Complainant alleged that helicopters are flying around in violation of the Lowest Law Enforcement Priority of Cannabis Ordinance. Hawaii County Police Commission December 18, 2009 Page 3 ➢ HPC 09 -17: Complainant alleged that DEA in helicopters conducted low -level surveillance. ➢ HPC 09 -36: Complainant alleged that during a fight at Shipman Park, an officer did not mace the guys like she told him to, and so the fight escalated. ➢ HPC 09 -39: Complainant alleged that during a traffic stop, an officer told him he would give him a break and not cite him for all violations, but the officer did. ➢ HPC 09 -42: Complainant alleged that an officer lied about talking to his neighbor. ➢ HPC 09 -46: Complainant alleged that she called the police because a party, whom she had an expired TRO against, had yelled at her from across the street and the responding officer told her to leave town and stay out of town. ➢ HPC 09 -49: Complainant alleged that officers interrogated him in an improper and abusive manner. ➢ HPC 09 -54: Complainant alleged that his arrest for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest was trumped up. ➢ HPC 09 -55: Complainant alleged that DEA in helicopters recklessly endangered her property by flying 10 feet above her plastic roof. • REPORT ON INTERNAL AND REFERRED COMPLAINTS (OPEN TO THE PUBLIC) ACTION ON EXECUTIVE SESSION MATTERS STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS ANNOUNCEMENTS The Police Commission's next monthly meeting will be on January 15, 2009, at 9:00 a.m. in the Waimea Civic Center Conference Room, 67 -5189 Kamamalu St., Waimea (next to police station). • Collection of files and documents. ADJOURNMENT NOTE: If you require an accommodation or auxiliary aid and /or services to participate in this meeting (i.e., sign language interpreter, large print, etc.), please call the Police Commission at 961 -8412 at least three days prior to the meeting.