NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
FOR AMENDMENTS TO THE
KAUA’I COUNTY POLICE COMMISSION
ADMINISTRATIVE RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

The Kaua’i County Police Commission will hold a public hearing to adopt revisions to the Kaua’i County Police Commission Rules on Administrative Practice and Procedure. The proposed rule amendments would include new training, education, and experience requirements for hiring a Chief of Police, as set forth in the Kauai County Charter; define special committees; establish time limits for public testimony; define procedures for contested case hearings; define procedures for disciplining, suspending, removing, and evaluating the Chief of Police; define the Commission’s powers to ensure continuity within the Kauai Police Department; establish definitions of an acting and an interim Chief of Police; eliminate the requirement for a semi-annual evaluation of the Chief of Police; establish a requirement for mandatory feedback six months into the annual evaluation period for the Chief of Police; refine the citizen complaint process; and define the proper course of action for investigating complaints received against the Chief of Police.

The hearing will begin at 9:00 a.m. or shortly thereafter on Friday, October 23, 2026, at the Lihu’e Civic Center, Moikeha Building, Meeting Room 2A/2B, 4444 Rice Street, Lihu’e, Hawai’i. The Chair of the Kauai Police Commission may impose a time limit on each person presenting oral testimony.

A copy of the proposed rule revisions will be mailed to any interested person who requests one and pays the required fees for the copy and postage. Requests may be made by phone, mail, or email addressed to Mercedes Omo, Commission Support Clerk, Office of Boards and Commissions, County of Kaua’i, 4444 Rice Street, Suite 300, Lihu’e, Hawai’i 96766. Phone (808) 241-4920. Email: mromo@kauai.gov. Requests may be made up to and including the date of the public hearing.

The proposed rule revisions may be reviewed in person between 7:45 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday (excluding State of Hawai’i holidays), at the Office of Boards and Commissions, 4444 Rice Street, Suite 300, Lihu’e, Hawai’i 96766. The proposed rule revisions may be reviewed any time up to and including the date of the public hearing.

All interested persons may submit data, views, arguments, or other testimony orally, in writing, or both, concerning the proposed rule revisions at any time up to and including the date of the public hearing.

BY THE ORDER OF THE KAUAI POLICE COMMISSION
Laurie Yoshida, Chairperson

SPECIAL ASSISTANCE

If you need an auxiliary aid or service, another accommodation due to a disability, or an interpreter for non-English-speaking persons, please contact Anela Davis at (808) 241-4917 or adavis@kauai.gov as soon as possible. Requests made as early as possible allow adequate time to fulfill them. Upon request, this notice is available in an alternative format, such as large print, Braille, or an electronic copy.
(TGI1539137 9/23/26)