Public Safety

More Westside Violence: 4 Dead In Neighborhood Shooting At Party David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

More Westside Violence: 4 Dead In Neighborhood Shooting At Party

The shooting is the latest in a spate of recent gun violence in Waianae.

Miske Investigation: Unsealed Affidavit Offers New Clues In Killing Of Son’s Friend David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

Miske Investigation: Unsealed Affidavit Offers New Clues In Killing Of Son’s Friend

The ex-Honolulu businessman was convicted of murder in connection with the 2016 killing of Johnathan Fraser, among other charges. His sentencing is set for late November.

Gun Violence On Oahu’s Westside Has Parents And Teachers Worried About School Safety Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023

Gun Violence On Oahu’s Westside Has Parents And Teachers Worried About School Safety

Some community members want to see retired police officers stationed on high school campuses, while others say after-school activities and mental health support would be more effective.

Bikinis, Surfboards And Battle-Axes? Hawaii Loosens Long-Strict Weapons Laws After Court Ruling Mengshin Lin/AP/2024

Bikinis, Surfboards And Battle-Axes? Hawaii Loosens Long-Strict Weapons Laws After Court Ruling

The new law lets some connect with Native Hawaiian and other cultures through traditional weapons. It’s also generating concern about increased use of weapons.

Honolulu EMS Sued For Wrongful Death Over Kailua Ambulance Fire Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Honolulu EMS Sued For Wrongful Death Over Kailua Ambulance Fire

Family of the 91-year-old patient who died in 2022 after the ambulance in which he was riding burst into flames accused Honolulu EMS of wrongful death and negligence.

Overdoses Kill More People Than Ever. Advocates Want To Be There For Those Who Survive Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Overdoses Kill More People Than Ever. Advocates Want To Be There For Those Who Survive

Hawaii Health & Harm Reduction Center is pursuing a formal partnership with Honolulu EMS that would allow its outreach workers to reach more patients.

Suspect Used Batteries, Shrapnel And A Pipe To Make Explosives Found On Maui, Investigators Say FBI

Suspect Used Batteries, Shrapnel And A Pipe To Make Explosives Found On Maui, Investigators Say

Authorities arrested 47-year-old Robert Dumaran after multiple homemade bombs detonated on Maui roads.

Kirstin Downey: 30 Years Ago, The Cry For Justice For Dana Ireland Was Unstoppable Screenshot/Newspapers.com

Kirstin Downey: 30 Years Ago, The Cry For Justice For Dana Ireland Was Unstoppable

Her parents, activists, the public and the media kept the pressure on authorities to solve the Big Island’s high-profile murder case.

FBI Investigating Homemade Bomb That Exploded On A Maui Highway FBI

FBI Investigating Homemade Bomb That Exploded On A Maui Highway

Several improvised explosive devices have recently been found on roads between Kahului and Kula.

Big Island Police Didn’t Have Probable Cause To Arrest Suspect For Dana Ireland’s Murder, Chief Says Hawaii Police Department

Big Island Police Didn’t Have Probable Cause To Arrest Suspect For Dana Ireland’s Murder, Chief Says

The suspect, Albert Lauro Jr., committed suicide after he was determined to be the source of semen and other DNA found on Ireland’s body and around the crime scene in 1991.