Police Accountability

The Domestic Violence Action Center denied Chief Susan Ballard’s contention that their partnership failed because the center couldn’t meet promised quotas.

The Domestic Violence Action Center will return $400,000 in grants because HPD didn’t use its services when responding to domestic violence calls.

In the wake of a federal court decision challenging Hawaii’s restrictive gun laws, the commission wants a deeper look at HPD’s process for denying gun carry applications.

A federal magistrate granted a request to postpone the trial because an undisclosed medical condition would hamper Katherine Kealoha’s ability to participate in her defense.

The federal magistrate scolded the prosecutor for claiming Katherine Kealoha had a history of “feigning serious illness.”

Federal prosecutors claim the former deputy city prosecutor is faking an illness.

The video was shot with new body-mounted cameras recently put into service by the Honolulu Police Department.

No video images were captured of the shooting  because an HPD officer accidentally covered the lens of the camera in the pistol grip of his stun gun.

Six armed suspects have been shot and killed by Honolulu police in recent weeks. Four appear to have suffered from mental health problems.

A judge’s rejection of a police union challenge clears the way for the release of names and pay levels for hundreds of officers.

It’s the sixth fatal officer-involved shooting on Oahu since June, but the first captured on a police body cam.

After retiring from full-time police work in 2011 after a 31-year career, he was working on a short-term contract giving road tests.