(Screenshot/DHHL press release/2021)
Cops Have Jurisdiction On Homelands, But DHHL Says Policing Is Patchy
The confusion almost cost taxpayers more than $1 million.
Hawaii News Now/2021
HPD Officers Charged With Felony Offenses Over Makaha Crash
The charges come 18 months after the alleged pursuit and accident.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat
Honolulu City Council Passes Ban On Guns In Sensitive Places
Mayor Rick Blangiardi is expected to sign it.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022
Miske Case: Judge To Decide If Defense Attorney’s Removal Should Stand
Thomas Otake has been at least temporarily terminated over alleged conflicts of interest.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022
Big Island Police Shoot And Kill Man In Kailua-Kona
No body camera footage exists because the plainclothes officers involved weren’t wearing cameras.
David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023
Hawaii’s New Top Cop Wants To Beef Up Airport Police, Fireworks Inspections
Jordan Lowe, along with a handful of other heads of state agencies, won approval from Senate committees this week.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2016
Why A $16M Waianae Police Station Sits Largely Empty 7 Years After It Opened
The unfinished facility is at the center of an effort to create a ninth district in the area.
David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023
Honolulu Fireworks Cases Almost Always Get Dismissed. Here’s What We Found About Why They Fizzle
A Civil Beat analysis shows 94% of citations are dropped, but the records paint a portrait of where police try to crack down on the alleged perpetrators.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022
Big Island Prison Guard Fired For His Role In An Inmate Beating Is Ordered Reinstated
But Jonathan Taum also was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for the attack, so he isn’t expected back at work anytime soon.
Hawaii News Now/2020
Judge: Miske Can Keep A Key Defense Attorney
The U.S. district judge also denied a defense motion to allow two obstruction charges to be tried separately