2008-03-14 Police Commission Minutes

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HAWAI °I COUNTY POLICE COMMISSION REGULAR SESSION MINUTES MARCH 14, 2008 DEPARTMENT OF LIQUOR CONTROL, HILO INVOCATION Commissioner Kaoiwi gave the invocation. CALL TO ORDER Chair Lassiter called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. ROLL CALL Present: Pudding Lassiter, Chair Also Present: Thomas P. Whittemore, Vice Chair Louis Kaoiwi, Commissioner Betsy Mitchell, Commissioner Melvin S. Morimoto, Commissioner Absent: Karolyn P. Lundkvist, Commissioner Anita Politano Steckel, Commissioner Michael B. Sumja, Commissioner Kaloa R. N. Robinson, Commissioner A quorum was present. Lawrence K. Mahuna, Police Chief Derek Pacheco, Assistant Chief Henry Tavares, Assistant Chief Duane Rapoza, Captain Kay Nishibayashi, Accountant Lincoln S. Ashida, Corporation Counsel Josie Pelayo, Secretary APPROVAL OF AGENDA Vice Chair Whittemore moved to approve the agenda. Commissioner Kaoiwi seconded the motion, and it carried unanimously. STATEMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS HOPE CERMELT thanked the commission for accepting her letter. She stated that the officers who helped Ms. Erikkson in finding her son were very helpful. She expressed deepest gratitude. During an incident in Oceanview, she called the police and was told that an officer wouldn't be there for an hour. They came in ten minutes. She was really impressed. She is from Alaska and wants to move down here. She is interested in the Chief's crime report. Her neighbor Donald said they took their neighborhood back. She can't say enough about thanking the men in blue. Corporation Counsel Ashida stated that he knows Hope from the County Council, and that she is a lobbyist from Alaska. When she said something is good, she really means it. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Commissioner Kaoiwi moved to approve the minutes of February 15, 2008, regular and executive sessions. Vice Chair Whittemore seconded the motion, and it carried unanimously.