From the Hawaii Tribune-Herald:

Police Chief Harry Kubojiri has disciplined a Hilo Patrol Division sergeant for misconduct over an incident that took place in the Hilo police cellblock on May 31 last year, according to a letter to the complainant.

The chief’s letter dated Feb. 20 to John Tredre states in part that the department’s “Administrative Review Board found that there was sufficient evidence to sustain a portion of the charges of misconduct against the officer,” who was identified in the letter as Sgt. Darryel Tolentino.

“I concur with the findings of the Administrative Review Board,” Kubojiri wrote, adding, “The officer has received appropriate discipline. Section 92F-14 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes prohibits the police department from disclosing the disciplinary action taken.”

The letter doesn’t specify what Tolentino’s misconduct was, but Tredre, who was arrested, charged and convicted for drunken driving, said that Tolentino grabbed him by the hair and pulled him to the floor, kicked him in the side, slapped him to the back of his head, stripped him to his underwear and left him half-naked overnight in a holding cell. The letter also didn’t state the evidence the review panel used in their investigation, but the cellblock is equipped with video surveillance cameras. Read the full story.

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