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Hawaii’s New Top Cop Wants To Beef Up Airport Police, Fireworks Inspections David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

Hawaii’s New Top Cop Wants To Beef Up Airport Police, Fireworks Inspections

Jordan Lowe, along with a handful of other heads of state agencies, won approval from Senate committees this week.

Why A $16M Waianae Police Station Sits Largely Empty 7 Years After It Opened Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2016

Why A $16M Waianae Police Station Sits Largely Empty 7 Years After It Opened

The unfinished facility is at the center of an effort to create a ninth district in the area.

Honolulu Fireworks Cases Almost Always Get Dismissed. Here’s What We Found About Why They Fizzle David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

Honolulu Fireworks Cases Almost Always Get Dismissed. Here’s What We Found About Why They Fizzle

A Civil Beat analysis shows 94% of citations are dropped, but the records paint a portrait of where police try to crack down on the alleged perpetrators.

Big Island Prison Guard Fired For His Role In An Inmate Beating Is Ordered Reinstated Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Big Island Prison Guard Fired For His Role In An Inmate Beating Is Ordered Reinstated

But Jonathan Taum also was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for the attack, so he isn't expected back at work anytime soon.

Judge: Miske Can Keep A Key Defense Attorney Hawaii News Now/2020

Judge: Miske Can Keep A Key Defense Attorney

The U.S. district judge also denied a defense motion to allow two obstruction charges to be tried separately

Alleged Crime Boss Mike Miske Just Lost One Of His Longtime Defense Attorneys Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2017

Alleged Crime Boss Mike Miske Just Lost One Of His Longtime Defense Attorneys

Federal prosecutors convinced a judge that Thomas Otake had conflicts of interest with other defendants. Trial is still seven months away.

Rugby Player Shot Dead By Honolulu Police In 2021 Had Acute CTE Autopsy Shows AP

Rugby Player Shot Dead By Honolulu Police In 2021 Had Acute CTE Autopsy Shows

Symptoms of the condition include memory loss, confusion, impaired judgment, impulse control problems, aggression and depression.

Media Coverage Prompts Request To Move Miske Trial To The Mainland Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2015

Media Coverage Prompts Request To Move Miske Trial To The Mainland

Defense survey showed 84% of Hawaii residents polled think the alleged crime boss is guilty.

Hawaii Lawmakers Seek To Ease Process For Bringing Felony Charges Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Hawaii Lawmakers Seek To Ease Process For Bringing Felony Charges

A state Supreme Court ruling removed the option of using preliminary hearings instead of grand juries. Prosecutors want that option back.

Police In Hawaii Killed 2 People Last Year. Is It A Sign Of A Downward Trend? Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Police In Hawaii Killed 2 People Last Year. Is It A Sign Of A Downward Trend?

Data that captures trends in police killings over the past five decades shows a steep decline across the U.S., even while the 2022 national total shows little change in their frequency.