Jack Truesdale

Jack Truesdale is a reporter for Civil Beat covering criminal justice.

He previously worked as a general assignment reporter for the Honolulu Star-Advertiser and covered Maui as a freelance correspondent for Civil Beat. His writing for magazines has appeared in The New Yorker, Hana Hou and Flux Hawaii. He has a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Brown University.

Hawaii On Course To Join States Where Gun Companies Can Be Sued Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Hawaii On Course To Join States Where Gun Companies Can Be Sued

Mass shootings have added momentum to efforts to hold companies liable.

Push To Lower The Legal Alcohol Limit For Hawaii Drivers Runs Out Of Gas Again Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2016

Push To Lower The Legal Alcohol Limit For Hawaii Drivers Runs Out Of Gas Again

Advocates argue a lower BAC level is an effective deterrent and makes roads safer overall.

Fatal Kailua Ambulance Fire Sparked By Oxygen Tank Mishap, Report Finds Hawaii News Now/2022

Fatal Kailua Ambulance Fire Sparked By Oxygen Tank Mishap, Report Finds

Honolulu EMS Director Jim Ireland said the department has made changes to operating procedures in response.

HPD Officers Charged With Felony Offenses Over Makaha Crash Hawaii News Now/2021

HPD Officers Charged With Felony Offenses Over Makaha Crash

The charges come 18 months after the alleged pursuit and accident.

Big Island Police Shoot And Kill Man In Kailua-Kona Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Big Island Police Shoot And Kill Man In Kailua-Kona

No body camera footage exists because the plainclothes officers involved weren't wearing cameras.