HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-09-30 Police Commission AgendaWilliam P. Kenoi
Mayor
County of Hawaii
POLICE COMMISSION
Aupuni Center
101 Pauahi Street, Suite 9 • Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Phone: (808) 932 -2950 • Fax: (808) 932 -2949
MEETING NOTICE
DATE: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2010
TIME: 9:00 A.M.
PLACE: COUNTY BUILDING, HAMAKUA CONFERENCE ROOM
25 AUPUNI ST., HILO
AGENDA
INVOCATION
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
August 19, 2010, regular and executive sessions.
Thomas P. Whittemore, Chair
Donn S. Mende, Vice Chair
Carol R. Ignacio, Member
Michelle L. Kualii, Member
Kenneth T. Ono, Member
T. Ka`ili Pe`a- Ferrari, Member
Michael B. Sumja, Member
Leroy J. Victorine, Member
COMMUNICATIONS
• Honolulu Police Commission Minutes of July 7 and 21 and August 18, 2010
• Maui Police Commission Minutes of July 28 and August 19, 2010.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
• Budget and Finance (Mende, Ono)
• Office Management (Whittemore)
• Rules and Policies (Sumja, Victorine)
• Public Relations (Ignacio, Pe`a- Ferrari)
Hawai `i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.
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Meeting Agenda
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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
EXECUTIVE SESSION (approximately 10:00 a.m.)
To consider discipline and charges against officers or employees of the Hawaii 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 the Hawaii
County Charter Section 13 -20 (b).
• Investigation and Deliberation of Complaints
➢ HPC 10 -14: Complainant made a complaint with the police department in 2006.
She questioned the suspension of the case and requested that it be routed to the
prosecutor. (Deferred at previous meeting.)
➢ HPC 10 -16: Complainant alleged that she was interrogated while in the hospital
and incoherent, that her boyfriend's civil rights were violated, that her son was taken
away by CPS, and that standard operating procedures were not followed.
➢ HPC 10 -17: Complainant alleged that an officer threatened to arrest him, and that
the officer is a threat to his family.
➢ HPC 10 -19: Complainant alleged that following an altercation with her boyfriend,
she was arrested, but her boyfriend was not.
➢ HPC 10 -20: Complainant alleged that her son was injured when the electronic
control device was used on him.
➢ HPC 10 -21: Complainant alleged that following his arrest for theft, libelous
information was released to the media.
➢ HPC 10 -22: Complainant was arrested for a TRO violation. She alleged
misconduct throughout the entire process. (Deferred at previous meeting.)
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➢ HPC 10 -24: Complainant alleged that he was broadsided by a moped and the
responding officer did nothing.
➢ HPC 10 -25: Complainant was arrested for disorderly conduct. He alleged that he
did not threaten the other party and that the transporting officer slammed on his
brakes in an attempt to make him slam his head on the vehicle's grill.
➢ HPC 10 -26: Complainants alleged that during an investigation, an officer didn't
investigate all the people they wanted investigated, didn't ask the questions they
wanted asked, didn't give them a written update, and didn't return their calls. They
alleged that an officer wouldn't accept their letters to a store and entered false
information. They alleged that a dispatcher wouldn't send an officer over at 9:50
p.m. to serve a TRO. They alleged that officers refused to serve a TRO for them
but officers serviced TROs on them.
• Status Report of Internal and Referred Complaints
ACTION ON EXECUTIVE SESSION MATTERS
STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS
ANNOUNCEMENTS
• The Police Commission's next monthly meeting will be on Friday, October 22, 2010, at
9:00 a.m., in the Old Mayor's Office Conference Room, Hanama 1, 75 -5706 Kuakini
Highway, Suite 103, Kailua -Kona.
• 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's office at 932 -2950 at least three days prior to the meeting.