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Court records show the subject of an islandwide manhunt New Year’s Day in Hawaiʻi was a felon barred from owning the high-powered rifle he used to open fire on Honolulu police in a shootout that left two officers wounded and the suspect dead. Sidney Tafokitau was accused of shooting a woman and carjacking another woman at gunpoint before leading officers on a chase around Oʻahu.
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More than 80% of the Kauaʻi SHOPO's 136 membership, which represents officers and lieutenants, responded to an anonymous survey in August. Many pointed to a lack of communication with command staff as a drawback. HPR's Sabrina Bodon reports.
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A city audit found the Honolulu Police Department's overtime procedures are inconsistent, leading to “ineffective management of overtime." HPD also keeps handwritten timecards that are managed manually for over 2,100 authorized officers, which the audit called “voluminous and difficult to monitor.”
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The police officers’ union is calling on the Honolulu Police Department to hire more officers. SHOPO President Robert Cavaco said there has been a rise in violent crime as a direct result of understaffing patrol officers.
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Three Honolulu police officers have appeared in court to face charges in connection with the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old Micronesian boy. It's the first time that Honolulu prosecutors have pursued such a case against law enforcement in more than 40 years.
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Hawaiʻi’s police union is standing by a grand jury decision not to indict three Honolulu Police officers involved in the fatal shooting of a teenager near McCully.
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LIHUE — Kauai's police chief has apologized after a discrimination investigation found he mocked people of Asian descent.Kauai Police Chief Todd Raybuck,…
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HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Hawaii's statewide police union has filed lawsuits against the state's four counties in an effort to keep the names of officers fired…