Law Enforcement

The proposed Hawaii bill for the 2017 legislative session would institute our own governor-appointed commission and ombudsman’s office and provide for....

Maui, Kauai, and Hawaii county police departments successfully inventoried their untested sexual assault evidence collection kits....

...an international sex trafficking organization transporting hundreds of women from Thailand....

Gov. David Ige appointed Edmund (Fred) Hyun to be the interim chair of the Hawai‘i Paroling Authority....

...five Kauai-based conservation officers flew there in mid-August....

...not a single member of the Commission appointed by the mayor, other than Ms. Sheehan, has any legal or law enforcement background....

Hassan Maan Melhem later pleaded no contest to fourth-degree sexual assault and was given a deferred sentence and probation....

Other bail bond companies are also being reviewed....

"I am now convinced DOCARE is cursed and doomed to remain a pathetic substandard agency...."

...The Department of Public Safety said the air conditioning will remain on the generator until a faulty transformer can be replaced. The part has been ordered....

An investigation showed that he had physically threatened his fellow employees, been insubordinate, attempted to use his position as a Liquor Control Officer to obtain special treatment from a licensed liquor establishment....

In April, UH expanded is sexual harassment policies with a new Executive Policy on Consensual Relationships....

"If people didn't upset me, I wouldn't have to punch them...."

...in a June 16 letter, Case said she was not extending Friel's employment past his six-month probation period....

...the unanimous Hawaii Supreme Court threw out the conviction of the farmer, tagged by Officer Fuiava of Five-O for transporting a load of cabbage uncovered....

Keawe Ryder, a 37-year old Kona musician, was found dead in a South Kohala lava field in 2013. He had been shot and hit with a hammer....

The complaints describe the actions of a number of serial pedophiles active in the 1950s through the 1970s....

Learn what Federal, State, and local agencies are doing to keep the Aloha State safe....

...Rally at Queen Liliuokalani Statue, Friday 11am to 1pm....

A bill introduced in the Hawaii Senate would restrict the warrantless use of drones by state and local law enforcement....

...the Hawaii Senate Judiciary Committee, will give decision on  SB2956  Tuesday March 1....

...his committee has the oversight responsibility over DLNR....

...the Hawaii Legislature is considering a pair of bills based on California’s affirmative-consent standard that would make it nearly impossible for accused University of Hawaii System students to prove they received consent in a sexual encounter....

HB 1902 adopts a victim-and-survivor centered approach to prosecution of sex trafficking crimes....

"DLNR is withdrawing this news release which concerns an ongoing investigation"

...Sai Hansen was a big contributor to Tulsi Gabbard ($5,000)....

...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....