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Kauai Police Chief Todd Raybuck spent the last two years building community goodwill and fixing problems within his department.

The eight-member board is now down three members and still has no clear plan on when to resume business.

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.

HPD has new rules about when officers can shoot at moving vehicles, use vascular neck restraints and deploy other uses of force.

Four years ago, she was praised for righting a department in turmoil. Now, under fire from critics inside and outside the department, Ballard faces a new assessment from the Honolulu Police Commission.

In Hawaii and across the U.S., advocates for police accountability are scrutinizing the union contracts that keep troublesome officers on the job.

Todd Raybuck might have thought he had a pass to engage in hurtful slurs. He didn’t.

The lawsuit prompted the Honolulu Police Commission to recommend that HPD implement a conflict of interest policy.

The fate of two state boards tasked with standardizing police practices and reforming the jail system depends on agreement between the Legislature and Gov. David Ige.