2001-09-21 Police Commission Minutes

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HAWAII COUNTY POLICE COMMISSION MINUTES — REGULAR SESSION SEPTEMBER 21, 2001 HILO POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAINING ROOM CALL TO ORDER Chair Wilfred Okabe called the meeting to order at 10:06 a.m. ROLL CALL Present: Wilfred M. Okabe, Chair Dwight K. Manago, Vice Chair John M. Bertsch, Member Daniel C. Kama, Member Phoebe M. Lambeth, Member Clarence Mills, Member Walter Moe, Member Peter P. Muller, Member Excused: Horace S. Hara, Member Also Present: Lincoln Ashida, Corporation Counsel James S. Correa, Police Chief Wendell Paiva, Assistant Chief Thomas Hickcox, Assistant Chief Lawrence Mahuna, Assistant Chief Gary Maesato, Business Manager Josie Pelayo, Secretary A quorum was present. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA Commissioner Lambeth moved to add Complaint HPC 01 -24 onto the agenda under executive session and to approve the agenda as amended. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Muller and unanimously carried. PUBLIC STATEMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS GLADYS BRIGHAM came before the commission and spoke on her Correspondence 88. They have had problems with speeding cars, boom boxes, and littering in the Panaewa Farm Lots area. She would like to have streetlights, speed limit signs, and speed bumps installed. Things really start happening between 8:00 p.m. and 4:00 a.m. They call the police, but some of the kids have scanners, and they leave when the police patrol the area. The police department could assign an officer to the area. She heard that Officer Sherlock has done a good job in the Keaukaha area as a community- policing officer. Chief Correa reported that he met with Mayor Kim regarding Ms. Brigham's concerns in the Hawaiian Homes Land area. Hawaiian Homes will be turning on the streetlights in the area. The problem is that many of these young people are old enough to stay out late, but not old enough to go into establishments that have a 21 -year old age requirement; and so they drive around. The police department has a resource problem, and they must prioritize their calls. They do have problems in the entire Kanoelehua area, and they will try to get the community - policing officer to work with the community members. DEL PRANKE came before the commission and spoke on his Correspondence 92. He is requesting a reconsideration of his Complaint HPC 01 -11. He did not submit a request earlier because he was not able to get the minutes until after the agenda was filed because the commission's office was closed. He questioned if any of the commissioners reviewed his