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COUNTY OF HAWAII
Police Commission
101 Pauahi Street, Suite 9 Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Phone: (808) 932-2950 Fax: (808) 932-2949
MEETING NOTICE
DATE: FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 2016
TIME: 9:00 A.M.
PLACE: AUPUNI CENTER CONFERENCE ROOM
101 PAUAHI STREET, HILO, HAWAII
AGENDA
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
• February 19, 2016, regular session
• February 19, 2016, executive session
Guy K. Schutte, Chair
Keith T. Morioka, Vice Chair
Arthur F. Buckman, Member
Robert G. Gomes, Sr., Member
Peter L. Hendricks, Member
Jak Hu, Member
CORRESPONDENCE
• 16-03: Party made a complaint but refused to have it notarized. She complained
about how police officers responded to her calls of someone in a lava tube under the
concrete slab of her house.
• 16-04: Council Member Greggor Ilagan requested a discussion on the Police
Commission's Rule 9, Processing of Complaints.
• 16-05: Invitation to the Hawaii State Law Enforcement Conference September 7-9,
2016, hosted by the Kauai Police Department.
• 16-06: Request for representation by Corporation Counsel for Officer Roberto
Segobia in Civil No. 16-1-0159.
Hawai 'i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.
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POLICE CHIEF'S REPORT ON DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES
Including, but not limited to:
• Crime report
• Traffic report
• Personnel report
• Finance report
• Commendations of sworn and civilian employees
• Other departmental activities
(CLOSED SESSION AT APPROXIMATELY 10:00 A.M
EXECUTIVE SESSION (Closed to the public.)
The commission will meet in executive session to consult with Corporation Counsel on
questions and issues pertaining to the commission's powers, duties, privileges,
immunities, and liabilities; to consider discipline and charges against officers or
employees of the Hawaii Police Department; and to consider sensitive matters relating to
public safety pursuant to HRS 92-5 (a) (2) (4) (6) and the Hawai'i County Charter Section
13-20 (b).
Consultation with Corporation Counsel on the Commission's powers, duties,
privileges, immunities, and liabilities
• Request for Legal Representation in CV 16-1-0159
• Consideration and Investigation of Complaints (briefly summarized)
✓ Complaint HPC 16-10: Complainant alleged that a dispatcher purposely failed to
dispatch officers to his family home.
✓ Complaint HPC 16-12A, B, C: Complainants complained about how officers
handled their traffic stop in which someone reported that someone was waving a
firearm in a vehicle.
✓ Complaint HPC 16-13: Complaint was received after the 90 -day filing deadline.
Complainant alleged that officers refused to intervene in a government land
auction when she made allegations of a crime.
✓ Complaint HPC 16-14: Complainant alleged that she complained at the police
station about a government land auction violating HRS 172-11, but the police
didn't know about that HRS.
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✓ Complaint HPC 16-15: Complainant complained about responses she received
from the police about her inquiries about neck strikes.
✓ Complaint HPC 16-16: Complainant alleged that the police refused to take her
complaint about a Trust having possession of sugar lands.
✓ Complaint HPC 16-17: Complainant asked for the resignation of an officer but
made no specific complaints against him.
✓ Complaint HPC 16-21: Complaint was received after the 90 -day filing deadline.
Complainant complained about how officers handled her traffic stop.
✓ Complaint HPC 16-22: Complaint was received after the 90 -day filing deadline.
Complainant alleged that he was arrested for a made-up charge.
✓ Complaint HPC 16-23: Complainant alleged that an "officer" assaulted and
kidnapped him.
✓ Complaint HPC 16-25: Complainant alleged that an officer refused to take a
complaint against another officer.
✓ Complaint HPC 16-26: Complainant alleged that an officer denied her access to
her medical marijuana.
• Status report of referred and internal complaints
(OPEN SESSION)
ACTION ON EXECUTIVE SESSION MATTERS
• Request for legal representation in CV 16-1-0159
• Consideration and Investigation of Complaints
✓ HPC 16-10
✓ HPC 16-12A, B, C
✓ HPC 16-13
✓ HPC 16-14
✓ HPC 16-15
✓ HPC 16-16
✓ HPC 16-17
✓ HPC 16-21
✓ HPC 16-22
✓ HPC 16-23
✓ HPC 16-25
✓ HPC 16-26
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
• The Police Commission's next monthly meeting will be on Friday, July 15, 2016, at
9:00 a.m., West Hawai'i Civic Center, Building G Conference Room, 75-5044 Ane
Keohokalole Highway, Kailua-Kona, Hawai'i.
• Collection of files and documents
ADJOURNMENT
NOTICE: This meeting place is accessible for persons with disabilities. Persons who
need special accommodations for this meeting should call the Police Commission's office
at least three days before the meeting. Relay users may call (711) 932-2950.