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Dozens of officers who are fired or suspended succeed in having the punishment overturned as part of a union-backed grievance process.

Despite ongoing problems in county police agencies, legislators are rejecting more accountability.

The mysterious case of “ghost” traffic tickets is getting more curious as several defense attorneys push the Honolulu prosecutor’s office to turn over the evidence.

It’s not unheard of for overzealous federal prosecutors to overreach in public corruption cases.

Meanwhile, the husband of the day care owner retired this week from the Honolulu Police Department, where he was a corporal.

But the Police Commission is told it’s unlikely charges will ever be filed in the assault.

A panel of child abuse experts suggested screening other children to check for problems. But parents say it never happened, even months later.

Two recent appointees have judicial experience, but they are the exceptions on a board charged with civilian oversight of a scandal-ridden police department.

A criminal case may be reopened in the assault of Peyton Valiente at an Ewa Beach day care operated by a police officer’s wife.

And the citizens of Honolulu deserve a police department that doesn’t allow special treatment for its own officers.