Honolulu Chief of Police

Community Survey
Participation Summary

February 16, 2022

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 Team Introductions
PSI Services LLC

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 Meet the PSI Presentation Team

Janet Echemendia Jay Silva Joe Hinish

Vice President, Public Safety and Principal Consultant,

Safety Solutions Analysis Director, Safety Solutions
Safety Solutions

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 Community Survey PURPOSE

• Part of the Information Collection Phase of the Project

• Build Upon and Supplement the Stakeholder Interviews
• 20 interviews completed lasting 55 minutes on average
• A wide range of stakeholder groups were scheduled
• One-on-one and group interviews occurred
• 35 interview participants
• Primary focus on important challenges and critical
skills/characteristics needed in next Chief of Police

• The Community Survey will permit similar information to

be gathered from an expanded number of stakeholders

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 Community Survey DESIGN

• The Community Survey contained five different parts:

1. Answering 4 (optional) demographic questions
2. Rating 22 statements about the current state of the Honolulu Police
Department
3. Selecting the 7 most pressing challenges for HPD (out of a list of 19
challenges)
4. Selecting the 10 most critical skills/characteristics for the next HPD
Chief (out of a list of 25 important skills/characteristics)
5. A Comment field for listing any additional comments from the
participant

• Although the demographic questions were optional, they

will provide additional understanding of the results.

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 Community Survey PARTICIPATION

• The Survey was Available for 1-Week from February

6th through the 13th
• Number of Survey Respondents was 1,098
• Number who Completed All Survey Parts was 870
(which is nearly 80% of Respondents)
• Number of Responses by Day is Depicted below:
500
Number Responses

400
300
200
100
0
6-Feb 7-Feb 8-Feb 9-Feb 10-Feb 11-Feb 12-Feb 13-Feb

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 Community Survey RESULTS
ZIP Codes Entered by Participants

96701 96744 96813 96819

96706 96782 96814 96821
96707 96786 96815 96822
96712 96789 96816 96825
96717 96792 96817 96826
96734 96797 96818
Note: ZIP Codes appear above if entered by at least 5 respondents.
ZIP Codes in blue signify at least 40 respondents from that area.

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 Community Survey RESULTS
Respondent Occupation

Labor
Community Organization
Healthcare
Administrative Support
Business Owner
Non Law Enforcement Government
Other
Professional or Manager
Law Enforcement
Retired

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
Percent

Note: 66 respondents did not provide occupation.

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 Community Survey RESULTS
Respondent Honolulu Residence

Up to 2 Years

3 to 5 Years

6 to 10 Years

11 to 20 Years

More than 20 Years

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Percent

Note: 60 respondents did not provide years of residence in Honolulu.

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 Community Survey RESULTS
Respondent Recent HPD Interaction

Interaction within the Last 3 Years

YES NO

Note: 73 respondents did not provide HPD interaction information.

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 Community Survey and Project
NEXT STEPS
1. Complete the detailed analysis of the entire survey to
include:

• Determining the most critical challenges and needed

skills/characteristics for the next HPD Chief

• Examining the additional comments (provided by 618

respondents) and identifying important themes

2. Leverage findings to guide the design of the entire exam

content including candidate questions and exercises

3. Once the exam design is finalized, develop the Phase 1

Written Exam and associated administration materials

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 Q&A

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