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Police Shoot And Kill Man After Barricade In Pearl City Hawaii News Now/Caity Woo

Police Shoot And Kill Man After Barricade In Pearl City

The Honolulu Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services also responded.

HPD Cops Won’t Face Charges Over Killing Of Caillen Gentzler In 2020 Hawaii News Now/2021

HPD Cops Won’t Face Charges Over Killing Of Caillen Gentzler In 2020

A lawsuit brought by the man’s widow against the department is ongoing.

HPD Cops In Makaha Pursuit Case Withdraw Requests For Publicly Funded Legal Assistance Claire Caulfield/Civil Beat/2021

HPD Cops In Makaha Pursuit Case Withdraw Requests For Publicly Funded Legal Assistance

The department’s Professional Standards Office has completed its investigation into the incident.

HPD’s New Vice Major Vows To Take Down Game Rooms Jack Truesdale/Civil Beat/2023

HPD’s New Vice Major Vows To Take Down Game Rooms

Nuisance abatement laws have been used against uncooperative landlords of game rooms, sometimes as a prelude to civil forfeiture.

Honolulu Officers Who Arrested 10-Year-Old Want Protection From Lawsuit Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Honolulu Officers Who Arrested 10-Year-Old Want Protection From Lawsuit

A federal judge said there was still a shortage of information about the origin and intent of the drawing.

Lawsuit: HPD Officer Violated Policy When He Shot A Man In A Car Provided to Civil Beat

Lawsuit: HPD Officer Violated Policy When He Shot A Man In A Car

The department had updated its use-of-force policy to prevent officers from shooting at people in cars.

‘180 Degrees’ Different: Former HPD Chief Louis Kealoha Is Telling His Side Of The Story Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

‘180 Degrees’ Different: Former HPD Chief Louis Kealoha Is Telling His Side Of The Story

A soon-to-be released book by a former TV reporter asks readers to view a notorious corruption scandal through a new lens. 

HPD Investigation Of Makaha Cops Is Wrapping Up, Commission Told Hawaii News Now

HPD Investigation Of Makaha Cops Is Wrapping Up, Commission Told

The Honolulu Police Commission again did not decide whether to grant two officers legal representation.

HPD Still Answers Mental Health Calls With Force, Data Shows Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

HPD Still Answers Mental Health Calls With Force, Data Shows

The number of use of force incidents by HPD has more than tripled in the past decade, but police might just be better at reporting.