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A group of Hawaiʻi Island police officers recently attended their first Micronesian culture training to learn about common misconceptions. Advocates want the training to be held statewide and annually. HPR's Cassie Ordonio has more.

HPR's contributing editor Neal Milner was in the studio to discuss crime through the lens of an article by The Atlantic called The Crime Spike is No Mystery by Princeton professor and author Patrick Sharkey.

A police captain on Kauaʻi has filed a lawsuit alleging his police chief discriminated against him for being Japanese American. The allegations include an episode in which the police chief allegedly squinted his eyes, bowed repeatedly and said he couldn’t trust Japanese people.

This week, questions have been raised about discrepancies in the Honolulu Police Department’s "use of force" reports, resulting in an undercount of deaths…

Updated July 9, 5:07 p.m.As he signaled earlier, Gov. David Ige announced on Tuesday that he has vetoed a bill passed by state lawmakers to restrict the…

Police departments around the country are having trouble recruiting new officers and Hawaii’s largest police force is no exception. The Honolulu Police…

Several shootings involving officers from the Honolulu Police Department and the Department of Public Safety have taken place in the last few weeks. While…

Around the country, local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies seize millions of dollars’ worth of property every year. That property is then sold…

Last December, we reported that the police commissioner of Samoa had been thrown into a jail cell after he was arrested on more than 250 criminal charges,…

53 police reinforcements are due to arrive in New Caledonia this month as sporadic violence continues south of the capital. And French authorities warn of…