Chief John Pelletier was one of several high-profile defendants who were accused of participating in a brutal sexual assault against a California woman.

San Diego Deputy Chief Rudy Tai’s conditional appointment as Kauaʻi police chief marks a turning point for a department with a documented morale problem.

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

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.

In a lawsuit, the homeless man’s mother says her son was beaten to death.

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

The city had taken the Lindani Myeni civil case to trial after Honolulu police officers strongly opposed a settlement.

Benjamin Moralez, 48, fired multiple rounds from his hotel room and refused to drop his weapon as he approached officers in a hallway, prosecutors said.

The county prosecutor also plans to review a fatal police shooting Sunday at the Keʻehi Boat Harbor. He spoke just hours before another police-involved shooting at Mākaha.

Honolulu police said they stepped up traffic enforcement on the Westside last summer to help them find criminals and guns. Some residents said they felt harassed.