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The process the commission used in its recent evaluation of Chief Susan Ballard is something to be admired.

The city largely leaves it to the police to investigate themselves when a civilian is killed. The new prosecuting attorney has plans for reform.

The police department says state law prevents the public from seeing what happened in its fatal encounter with a Honolulu teen. But even top legal minds don’t buy it.

UPDATED: Lawyers for Lindsay Myeni said there’s no evidence he had committed a burglary.

A Honolulu police official says state law prohibits the release of information in court cases involving juveniles, including the video footage.

Police said the man entered a home, sat down and took off his shoes before returning to his car and initiating a violent assault on officers who responded.

This is the second fatal shooting by Honolulu police officers this month.

Chief Susan Ballard’s job was hard before COVID-19 lockdowns. The strain of the pandemic made it impossible.

Chief Susan Ballard said she had lost the support of the Honolulu Police Commission and Mayor Rick Blangiardi’s administration.

A series of television ads looks to counter the many controversies clouding policing in the islands.