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Police Are Shooting And Killing More People In Hawaii This Year The Washington Post

Police Are Shooting And Killing More People In Hawaii This Year

Data collected by The Washington Post shows that police statewide have fatally shot more people so far in 2016 than they did in all of 2015.

Police Union Wants Final Say On Body Cams Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Police Union Wants Final Say On Body Cams

The State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers wants more control over rules for the cameras, which are聽meant to improve accountability and transparency.

Kauai Mayor Can’t Suspend Chief Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Kauai Mayor Can’t Suspend Chief

The Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals ruled that only the Kauai Police Commission has the authority to suspend the police chief.

Caldwell Nominates ‘Breath Of Fresh Air’ For Honolulu Police Commission Anthony Quintano / Civil Beat

Caldwell Nominates ‘Breath Of Fresh Air’ For Honolulu Police Commission

Loretta Sheehan says she wants to boost transparency and increase accountability to rebuild public trust.

Why Is It So Hard To Pass Police Reform In Hawaii? Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Why Is It So Hard To Pass Police Reform In Hawaii?

Lawmakers concede聽that聽tougher聽police accountability measures haven’t been a priority despite numerous high-profile cases of serious misconduct.

Lesbians Win $80K Over HPD Arrest Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Lesbians Win $80K Over HPD Arrest

The couple filed a lawsuit that alleged Honolulu police聽officer Bobby Harrison got upset after he saw the women kissing in the aisles of a North Shore grocery store.

Governor Ige Grades Hawaii Lawmakers’ Work This Session Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Governor Ige Grades Hawaii Lawmakers’ Work This Session

Pleased by funding for his priorities, indifferent to failed police reform, Ige gives his former colleagues in the Legislature a “B.”

A Review Board For Police Killings: One Tepid Step Toward Reform Cory Lum/Civil Beat

A Review Board For Police Killings: One Tepid Step Toward Reform

A bill to create an independent review board for police killings and in-custody deaths moved closer to becoming law.

Under Investigation: Kealohas Speak Out, Suggest They’re Political Targets PF Bentley/Civil Beat

Under Investigation: Kealohas Speak Out, Suggest They’re Political Targets

Honolulu’s police chief and his prosecutor wife, under聽a federal grand jury probe,聽deny聽allegations of corruption and abuse of power.

Prosecutor Files Complaint Over Police Officer Actions PF Bentley/Civil Beat

Prosecutor Files Complaint Over Police Officer Actions

Honolulu police are investigating whether an officer misrepresented himself in a high-profile manslaughter case to help a local reporter.