Police officers Garrick Orosco and Brent Sylvester are named in a wrongful death lawsuit filed the week after Myeni was killed.

Elia Laeli was shot nine times by two HPD officers last August.

The three officers accused of causing the crash are facing felony charges, the interim HPD chief said.

HPD Interim Chief Rade Vanic said the department plans to add 70 new officers by July and another 225 in the following fiscal year.

Former fire chief will fill the lone vacancy on the seven-member police commission.

The parties chose to settle the cases instead of going to trial.

Few state resources have been dedicated to combatting traffickers.

The fatal crash caused the deaths of three people and injured others.

Chief Rade Vanic said the department has explored multiple ways to bolster police patrols across the island.

The statewide police union says the Honolulu Police Department is "turning a blind eye to the problem."