Terri Langford

Repeat drunken drivers in Honolulu can soon be made to wear a SCRAM CAM anklet that detects alcohol consumption through a wearer’s sweat and notifies the courts.

The Domestic Violence Action Center denied Chief Susan Ballard’s contention that their partnership failed because the center couldn’t meet promised quotas.

The Domestic Violence Action Center will return $400,000 in grants because HPD didn’t use its services when responding to domestic violence calls.

In the wake of a federal court decision challenging Hawaii’s restrictive gun laws, the commission wants a deeper look at HPD’s process for denying gun carry applications.

A federal magistrate granted a request to postpone the trial because an undisclosed medical condition would hamper Katherine Kealoha’s ability to participate in her defense.

The federal magistrate scolded the prosecutor for claiming Katherine Kealoha had a history of “feigning serious illness.”

Violent crimes involving firearms have risen 24 percent in the last four years. Many of the guns, prosecutors say, were stolen.

Federal prosecutors claim the former deputy city prosecutor is faking an illness.

The video was shot with new body-mounted cameras recently put into service by the Honolulu Police Department.

No video images were captured of the shooting  because an HPD officer accidentally covered the lens of the camera in the pistol grip of his stun gun.

Six armed suspects have been shot and killed by Honolulu police in recent weeks. Four appear to have suffered from mental health problems.

A state task force’s recommendations to the Legislature on pretrial procedures won’t contain any “big surprises,” despite calls for reform.