LIHU‘E — Kaua‘i Police Department Chief Darryl Perry said Thursday members of the Police Commission, tasked with among other duties hiring and firing of the KPD chief, indicated they want him to continue serving as chief. “They want me to
LIHU‘E — Kaua‘i Police Department Chief Darryl Perry said Thursday members of the Police Commission, tasked with among other duties hiring and firing of the KPD chief, indicated they want him to continue serving as chief.
“They want me to stay,” Perry said. “It’s just a matter of working out the terms of the contract.”
The contract of Perry is coming to an end Sept. 30, and despite the fact he hasn’t signed a new contract yet, he will likely remain as the head of Kaua‘i’s finest.
“I still have some goals,” Perry said Thursday right after the monthly Kaua‘i Police Commission meeting, adding that he wants to stay on the job.
Commissioner Thomas Iannucci said the process and methodology of Perry’s performance evaluation is ready.
“What we have got to look at is stakeholders’ input for the chief, and determine who those stakeholders will be,” Iannucci said.
John Isobe, head of the county Office of Boards and Commissions, said he sent a list of potential stakeholders to the commission.
“Ultimately this body should make the decision as who the stakeholders are,” Isobe told the commission, adding that he was just attempting to provide some ideas with his list.
In time for discussion at September’s meeting, the commission will have Perry’s evaluation done, Iannucci said.
As far as the commission’s desires, it looks like Perry will continue on the job.
The head of KPD also heads KPD’s retirement list. This year he accumulated 36 years of service as an officer.
Before joining KPD, Perry served with the Honolulu Police Department for 28 years. Perry’s date of hire with HPD is Jan. 17, 1972, but he took a couple years off to teach law enforcement, he said.
He was sworn in as the seventh KPD chief on Oct. 1, 2007, and on Sept. 30 this year his three-year contract ends.
The commission usually meets on the fourth Friday of each month. This month’s meeting happened on a Thursday because of the county furlough day today.
The commission normally meets in the council chambers of the Historic County Building, but with renovations underway on that building the commission is meeting at the Lihu‘e Civic Center Mo‘ikeha Building first-floor meeting room.
Go to www.kauai.gov for more information.
• Léo Azambuja, staff writer, can be reached at 245-3681 (ext. 252) or lazambuja@kauaipubco.com.
