Law Enforcement

...the company was hopeful about the prospects of a bill in the Hawaii legislature....

...children exposed to adverse childhood experiences....

Hawaii reports nearly 22 scams to BBB per 100,000 people ....

To illustrate how the carrot-and-stick approach can work, Satel describes the success of Hawaii’s Opportunity Probation with Enforcement program....

A group using the name the Evacuator Group and the now-suspended Twitter handles @Ev4cuati0nSquad and @SwatTheW0rld has claimed responsibility for the threats....

...police disclosed his identity either directly or indirectly to persons being investigated....

Best-selling author and radio talk-show host Larry Elder answers this controversial and even divisive question....

...DLNR Officer “was fired (from Honolulu PD) in 2013 after he falsified records and lied to investigators about transporting a female runaway, who was underage.”....

The rally supported what organizers claimed was the constitutional “right to travel” with no driver’s license, registration, license plates, safety stickers and motor vehicle insurance....

...Anti-GMO activists cheer New Years Eve arson attack against Waialua farmer....

Stray dog pickups and law enforcement work such as dangerous dog investigations and barking dog complaints resume today....

...body-worn cameras help to create a positive impact on police interactions by encouraging officers to maintain the highest level of professionalism, while protecting them from false allegations of misconduct....

Honolulu is one of seven cities selected as pilot sites for the Department of Justice’s Sexual Assault Justice Initiative....

... $7.7 million was collected in criminal actions....$2.3 million from civil actions ....

More than half of these victims are underage, with the average age of entry into prostitution being 12 years old....

Six veterans are now enrolled in the Hilo and Kona Veterans Treatment Courts since the program’s inception in November 2014....

Hawaii landed in the top 5 for both drunk driving (4th) and speeding (5th)....

Violent crime was a primary factor in our analysis, but we also looked at other measures of safety, such as motor vehicle accidents, drug use and excessive drinking....

24/7 access to real-time data on medical marijuana inventory, sales, and other tracking information....

Hawaii’s civil forfeiture laws are among the nation’s worst....

Hawaii and Virginia were the last two states in the nation without a law specifically criminalizing sex trafficking; however, 2015 legislative gains in Virginia left Hawaii behind....

Damage occurred same day a caravan of construction vehicles was turned around by protesters, leading to 11 arrests...

Patients and caregivers who grow their own medical marijuana should be aware of the Hawaii State Department of Health’s new rules governing medical marijuana to avoid getting in trouble with law enforcement....

"...camping in forest reserves and public hunting areas without a permit remains illegal under Hawaii Administrative Rules...."

...subpoenas are going out and an investigative grand jury could hear the case later this year....

The cost of illegal immigration in Hawaii may be associated with several state policies which are friendly towards undocumented workers....

...reimbursing OIG for Federal financial participation claimed for costs related to investigations of ineligible cases, to misplaced equipment, and to unallowable costs for equipment....

Maui attorney Anthony Takitani registered "Maui Medical Marijuana Dispensary, LLC" on September 15, 2015--over two weeks after the August 27, 2015 Disciplinary Board ruling was issued....

...a Navy man told police that Whitt molested him while he slept....

The illegal immigration situation in Hawaii is different than the rest of the country....

The Remembrance Walk opens with a ceremony at the Honolulu Police Department Headquarters.  The walk proceeds to the Honolulu Fire Department Headquarters on Queen Street for bell ringing ceremonies....

"...identifies how and from whom students, faculty and staff can seek confidential support or report incidents of sex discrimination and gender-based violence...."

...Alex Gonzales' dismembered body was discovered along Mililani Memorial Park Rd in September 2013. Gonzales had been stabbed 55 times....

...a federal judge ordered the government return $167,000 law enforcement seized from a motorist driving through Nevada....

Sex trafficking became a prosecutor’s priority when I returned to office in 2010.    That year, exactly one pimp was arrested, and in 2011 the respected Polaris Project ranked Hawaii among the worst states for anti-sex trafficking efforts....

"I contacted my client. He was delighted," says Myles Breiner....

Hawaii is among the states with the lowest rates in the country of foster children who were re-abused within six months of being reunited with their families....

The Hawaii Supreme Court has overturned former Circuit Court Judge Randal Lee’s order disqualifying two Deputy Prosecuting Attorneys from a high­ profile gambling case....

James Dooley revisits highlights of his career as a hard-hitting investigative reporter....

...Yesterday, Hawaii Governor Ige held a press conference to announce his intent to veto SB 265 which could enact Hawaii’s first sex trafficking law....

...Hawaii Supreme Court refined the test for determining when a municipal ordinance or charter provision is preempted by state law....

"It is our belief that there will be mutual respect and aloha on Wednesday and in the days ahead as TMT restarts construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope...."

2015’s Strictest and Most Lenient States on DUI....

in the last two years, HPD made 19 arrests for promoting prostitution, more than half of which were for first-degree promoting or sex trafficking. It is important to note that none of these arrests would have been possible without the cooperation of witnesses -- who in these cases happened to be individuals arrested for prostitution....

...local authorities share fingerprints from everyone booked into jail with federal authorities, who comb the prints for immigrants, those here legally and illegally, so they can be deported....

... July 1, 2011 through July 9, 2013, Sasao collected eleven payments from various probationers that had been assigned to him and kept the payments for his own use....

"Whenever there is a new product, whether it be powdered alcohol or e-cigarettes, we want to jump on it, and ban it."