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Attorneys are demanding that HPD create a policy that prohibits officers from using their police powers when they have a conflict of interest.

Both candidates are largely content with the department and the practices that are already in place. Neither would cut police funding.

We need to muster the political will and insist that the Honolulu police do better.

HPD won’t talk about it, but FBI data shows Honolulu has one of the worst records in the country when it comes to solving property crimes as well as violent crimes.

Many are being dismissed. But the court system is struggling to keep up as thousands of violators are forced to appear before a judge anyway.

The woman reported that an HPD officer assaulted her, destroyed her phone and harassed her.

Ballard says it’s “unfair, unfounded and just plain wrong” to say HPD targets people based on their ethnicity.

Female police officers have filed complaints against their male colleagues for years. But how well department officials handle the problem remains a question.

The police chief has repeatedly said the department doesn’t need broad-based reform.

The family of the man who died alleges police used excessive and unreasonable force after stopping the suspected shoplifter last year.