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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-08-19 Police Commission MinutesHAWAII POLICE COMMISSION REGULAR SESSION MINUTES AUGUST 19, 2010 WAIMEA CIVIC CENTER CONFERENCE ROOM INVOCATION Commissioner Sumja gave an invocation. CALL TO ORDER Chair Whittemore called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. ROLL CALL Present: Tom Whittemore, Chair Michelle L. Kualii, Commissioner Kenneth T. Ono, Commissioner T. Ka'ili Pe'a- Ferrari, Commissioner Michael B. Sumja, Commissioner Leroy J. Victorine, Commissioner Also Present: Paul K. Ferreira, Deputy Police Chief Derek Pacheco, Assistant Chief Marshall Kanehailua, Assistant Chief Henry Tavares, Assistant Chief James O'Connor, Captain Lincoln S. Ashida, Corporation Counsel Josie Pelayo, Secretary Absent: Carol R. Ignacio, Commissioner Donn S. Mende, Commissioner APPROVAL OF AGENDA Commissioner Victorine moved to approve the agenda. Commissioner Sumja seconded, and it carried unanimously. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS — None. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Commissioner Sumja moved to approve the minutes of July 23, 2010, regular and executive sessions. Commissioner Victorine seconded, and it carried unanimously. COMMUNICATIONS • Correspondence 2010 -10, from the Cost of Government Commission requesting input to their questionnaire. Chair Whittemore assigned the Budget and Finance Committee to handle this matter. Deputy Chief Ferreira stated that all county departments received this letter. Suggestions should be specific to the Police Commission first and county -wide second. Chair Whittemore asked the commissioners to give their suggestions to Ms. Pelayo who will then forward them to the Budget and Finance Committee. Hawaii Police Commission Regular Session Minutes August 19, 2010 Page 2 • Honolulu Police Commission Minutes of June 16, 2010 Commissioner Victorine moved to accept the communications. Commissioner Sumja seconded, and it carried unanimously. COMMITTEE REPORTS • Budget and Finance (Mende): Chair Whittemore assigned Commissioner Ono to the committee along with Vice Chair Mende. • Office Management (Whittemore): No report. Rules and Policies ( Sumja): Chair Whittemore assigned Commissioner Victorine to the committee along with Commissioner Sumja. • Public Relations (Ignacio): Chair Whittemore assigned Commissioner Pe'a- Ferrari to the committee along with Commissioner Ignacio. CHIEF'S REPORT Including: • Crime: AC Tavares summarized the written report. They recently installed strategically placed cameras in downtown Hilo and Kailua -Kona. Feed goes to the main station. All are not yet fully optimized. They are already looking at a suspect in an unauthorized entry of motor vehicle case. Tapes are stored for approximately two weeks and then re- recorded. Commissioner Ono felt that a two -week storage period may be too short. AC Tavares stated that the recording time is variable because it kicks in with motion. Traffic: AC Pacheco summarized the written report. Traffic accidents and fatalities are down. DUI arrests are up. Commissioner Sumja asked if the department is doing anything about habitual offenders. Corporation Counsel Ashida stated that a sentence is not going to stop a person from getting a car. With prison overcrowding, there is a triage for releasing offenders, i.e., non - violent offenders do get released. Personnel: AC Kanehailua reported having 20 civilian and 15 sworn vacancies. They are asking to fill every civilian vacancy, but it has to be approved by the Expenditure Review Committee. Sworn vacancies are not being cut. They have applied for funds from the COPS stimulus package. He invited the commissioners to review the CALEA program. They have three years to complete accreditation. CALEA has national standards that must be followed. • Finance: AC Kanehailua summarized the written report. Last year commanders did a great job in keeping expenditures under 100 %. Hawaii Police Commission Regular Session Minutes August 19, 2010 Page 3 • Commendations: Deputy Chief Ferreira reported receiving 14 commendations since the last meeting. The commendations are now on the police department's website. Other Departmental Activities: Commissioner Ono stated that he ran into a problem with a US census personnel. It got to the point where he had to call the police. Census workers seem to think they can do anything they want. If it is a common problem, he wants it addressed. Deputy Chief Ferreira said it was not a common problem. In the recent Puna case, the plea bargain in court was for additional training for both parties. Commissioner Sumja felt the problem is with the instructions given to the census workers. EXECUTIVE SESSION Commissioner Sumja moved to meet in executive session to consider discipline and charges against officers or employees of the Hawaii County Police Department where consideration of matters affecting privacy will be involved, to review and evaluate the status of the Police Chief's goals, 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). Commissioner Ono seconded, and it carried unanimously. Executive session convened at 10:06 a.m. Open session reconvened at 11:58 a.m. ACTION ON EXECUTIVE SESSION MATTERS • Complaint HPC 10 -14: Complainant made a complaint with the police department in 2006. She questioned the suspension of the case and requests that it be routed to the prosecutor. The commission accepted the complaint and requested information from Chief Kubojiri. Commissioner Sumja moved to defer to the next meeting. Commissioner Victorine seconded, and it carried unanimously. • Complaint HPC 10 -22: Complainant was arrested for a TRO violation. She alleged misconduct throughout the entire process. Commissioner Sumja moved to defer to the next meeting in order to give the complainant another opportunity to attend the meeting. Commissioner Victorine seconded, and it carried unanimously. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS — None. Hawaii Police Commission Regular Session Minutes August 19, 2010 Page 4 ANNOUNCEMENTS • Chair Whittemore announced that the Police Commission's next monthly meeting would be on Thursday, September 30, 2010, in the Hamakua Conference Room of the County Building at 25 Aupuni St., Hilo. • Collection of files and documents. — Done. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 12:05 p.m. SUBMITTED: Josie Pelayo JOSIE PELAYO, SECRETARY APPROVED: Tom Whittemore TOM WHITTEMORE, CHAIR