The police department, where access to overtime is also leading to an increase in early retirements, accounted for 60% of pension spiking costs in the last seven years.

The department relies on overtime to manage its significant number of vacancies, which has increased by 60% since 2020. 

The Honolulu Police Commission has a chance to put in place a chief who will bring about fundamental change, not just maintain a status quo that isn’t working.  

The police department has opened an inquiry into the 2,375 hours of overtime filed last year by Darren Cachola, who is one of the officers being sued along with the department for arresting sober drivers at DUI checkpoints.

The Honolulu Police Commission can and should do some things better this time around.

Officers and civilians want to make sure their voices are heard throughout the selection process for a new chief.

Body camera footage from the scene shows the man holding a gun and turning toward officers before he is fatally shot.

Christopher Magnus talks with Civil Beat about his policing experience and how he would approach a position on the commission.

State support for gang intervention efforts has dropped since the 1990s and tracking has been minimal since then, too.

Officials with the statewide police union have a lot to say about the many issues that Hawaiʻi’s law enforcement agencies are grappling with.