Police Accountability

HPD: Threatening Drawing Of A Gun And Severed Head Led To 10-Year-Old’s Arrest Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

HPD: Threatening Drawing Of A Gun And Severed Head Led To 10-Year-Old’s Arrest

The Honolulu Police Department is painting a different picture of the reasons officers arrested the girl at her elementary school.

Honolulu Police Commissioner Is Stepping Down To Allow More Diversity Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Honolulu Police Commissioner Is Stepping Down To Allow More Diversity

Former judge Michael Broderick has been on the commission about 15 months.

Lee Cataluna:  For HPD, Flubs Mean Never Having To Say You’re Sorry Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Lee Cataluna: For HPD, Flubs Mean Never Having To Say You’re Sorry

It would go a long way for the department to occasionally admit that it made a mistake.

Former Maui Cop Sentenced In Sex Case Civil Beat

Former Maui Cop Sentenced In Sex Case

Brandon Saffeels was sentenced to 30 months behind bars for soliciting sex from a woman he arrested in exchange for throwing testimony in her case.

How To Get The People Of Honolulu Involved In Finding A New Police Chief Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

How To Get The People Of Honolulu Involved In Finding A New Police Chief

Greater community engagement would send a strong message to job candidates and influence for the better the Honolulu Police Commission’s ongoing search.

HPD’s Loose Pursuit Policy Leads To Crashes In A Third Of Chases Hawaii News Now

HPD’s Loose Pursuit Policy Leads To Crashes In A Third Of Chases

Honolulu leaves it up to officers when to start a chase. That’s unusual, a Civil Beat review shows, and many HPD pursuits would not be allowed in other jurisdictions.

Hawaii May Not Set Minimum Qualifications For Police Until 2024 Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Hawaii May Not Set Minimum Qualifications For Police Until 2024

The board is asking state lawmakers for more resources while researching standards already in place in other states.

New Video Allegedly Shows Honolulu Police Leaving Scene Of Makaha Crash Courtesy: Michael Stern

New Video Allegedly Shows Honolulu Police Leaving Scene Of Makaha Crash

The attorney who provided the video says it shows three police vehicles pursuing a Honda at a high rate of speed on Farrington Highway.

Honolulu Officers In Two Fatal Shootings Did Not Break The Law, Board Says Screenshot/2021

Honolulu Officers In Two Fatal Shootings Did Not Break The Law, Board Says

The Hawaii Law Enforcement Officer Independent Review Board ruled that the shootings of Kyle Thomas and Siatuu Tauai were justified.

HPD Reviewing New Bodycam Policy After Judge’s Ruling Screenshot

HPD Reviewing New Bodycam Policy After Judge’s Ruling

A judge recently ordered the release of all body-worn camera footage in the Iremamber Sykap case, saying an open investigation doesn’t justify keeping it from the public.