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Advocates Fear ‘Surveillance Creep’ If HPD Starts Using AI To Write Reports Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023

Advocates Fear ‘Surveillance Creep’ If HPD Starts Using AI To Write Reports

Honolulu police will start testing an AI program for writing reports run by body camera company Axon on Monday.

Honolulu’s Crackdown Traps Homeless In Loop Of Citations Jeremy Hay/Civil Beat/2025

Honolulu’s Crackdown Traps Homeless In Loop Of Citations

Ticketing of Honolulu’s homeless population ballooned after the mayor pledged to get 1,000 people off the street in a year, but the effort tends to involve familiar faces.

Disgraced Cops And Ex-Felons Are Among Hawaiʻi’s Licensed Security Guards Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Disgraced Cops And Ex-Felons Are Among Hawaiʻi’s Licensed Security Guards

The state board that licenses private security guards has broad authority to certify people who apply, even if their personal history raises red flags.

Data Dive: Neighbor Islands Solve More Burglaries, Car Thefts Than Oʻahu Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Data Dive: Neighbor Islands Solve More Burglaries, Car Thefts Than Oʻahu

A new state database shows crime is down in Honolulu and up on the neighbor islands. But the less populous counties had more success in solving some offenses.

Kapahulu Barricade Suspect Could Face Life Sentence Madeleine Valera/Civil Beat

Kapahulu Barricade Suspect Could Face Life Sentence

Robert Morris, who admitted to shooting at police in a series of live videos posted during Tuesday’s lengthy standoff, faces multiple felony charges.

Will New Bonuses Keep Honolulu’s 911 Staff On The Job? David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

Will New Bonuses Keep Honolulu’s 911 Staff On The Job?

The dispatchers will get from $500 to $2,000 extra per month depending on their job. Some say that’s welcome but more needs to be done to address concerns about working conditions.

Kapahulu Barricade Suspect: ‘I Shot Back At Them’  Madeleine Valera/Civil Beat

Kapahulu Barricade Suspect: ‘I Shot Back At Them’ 

In a series of Facebook Live videos, a man who identifies himself as the person engaged in an ongoing standoff with police acknowledged shooting at officers and asked for his family to be flown from Kauaʻi in exchange for surrendering.

Police Still Don’t Know How Theresa Cachuela’s Killer Got A Gun Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Police Still Don’t Know How Theresa Cachuela’s Killer Got A Gun

Cachuela’s death shows the danger ghost guns pose to victims of domestic violence and the general public, law enforcement officers say.

Honolulu Police Could Start Using AI To Write Reports (Screenshot Honolulu Police Commission)

Honolulu Police Could Start Using AI To Write Reports

AI could reduce the time officers spend completing paperwork, but some groups urge caution about entrusting such a critical part of policing to “unreliable and untested” technology.

Armed Man Killed By Honolulu Police Outside Queen’s Medical Center

Armed Man Killed By Honolulu Police Outside Queen’s Medical Center

Police said the man, who had been reported as armed and suicidal, pointed a gun at them.