From West Hawaii Today:

There were six cases of officer misconduct serious enough for termination this year, a big jump over last year, when there was only one such incident, according to an annual report submitted Friday to the Hawaii County Police Commission. Read more.

And here’s the latest in other neighbor isle gov’t and politics:

NTSB: Fuddy’s cause of death not yet known

Lawsuit seeks puuhonua not prison at Kulani

Koloa robotics earn Mechanical Design at states

High surf warning in effect, W. Hawaii beaches still closed

Bingo Night helps Kauai kupuna with holiday shopping

Winter storm brings white Christmas, rain to Big Island

Launiupoko purchase wins OK of councilors

Molokai students learn computer code

St. Theresa’s School completes PV project

Identity theft on the Big Island

Kahului Community Center playground work: two months

Crew frees whale calf from debris

Photo: Screen shot, Dec. 21, 2013. (Hawaii Police Department)

—Chad Blair