Law Enforcement

The Ninth Circuit rejected the appeal by the arcade owners and affirmed United States District Court Judge Leslie E. Kobayashi’s April 30, 2014 ruling....

The House passed HB314 by a 50-0 margin....

"...Hawaii Government Employees Association President Jackie Ferguson-Miyamoto, had nothing to do with his hiring as a Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE) officer...."

The legislation would not only establish important privacy protections at the state level, it would also help thwart the federal surveillance state....

Another black eye for Ebay and Paypal owner, Hawaii luxury resort developer, and Civil Beat publisher Pierre Omidyar....

The Honolulu Police Department has opened a terroristic threatening investigation into a phone threat to Temple Emanu-El that prompted the evacuation of a preschool there on Monday....

HB381 is scheduled on Wednesday, February 8, 9:00 a. m. at the capitol's room 429....

Trannies used by the left as a driver of far-reaching social re-ordering....

...2016 data from the National Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline, Polaris's BeFree Textline, and communications....

...We have lots of liberal federal judges here so we can get a favorable ruling without difficulty....

Four homeless individuals who collectively had more than 50 pending citations and/or warrants appeared before The Honorable Clarence A. Pacarro.....

Hawaii lawmakers want to make unlicensed short-term rentals a class C felony....

And a whopping 9.8% of Hawaii K-12 students were referred to law enforcement, by far the highest in USA....

Rape is a felony.  If you have been raped, call the police—not a University administrator....

Every year, local, state and federal law enforcement agencies across the United States seize and keep billions of dollars in cash, cars, homes and other property using a legal tool called forfeiture....

Twenty-two veterans have now successfully completed the First Circuit program since it was initiated by Judge Edward Kubo in 2013....

Robert Farrell retired in 2015 as Assistant Chief for the California Department of Fish and Game. After retirement, Robert went to work for DOCARE as a conservation officer assigned to the Hilo district....

...the State’s first interagency and comprehensive biosecurity plan to protect Hawai‘i’s agriculture, environment, economy and health....

“Hawaii policymakers have long been warned that without a long-term plan to manage the growth of incarceration, the state could revert to conditions that led to class-action lawsuits and federal oversight."

Act 200 of 2016 requires significant changes to moped registration throughout the State of Hawaii....

“Social media monitoring allows police to constantly target, track, and archive information posted on social media...."

Earlier this year, our lawmakers passed Act 25. It bans smoking on the premises of our state-owned hospitals....

Attorney General Doug Chin said, “The jury verdict exonerates Warden Wagatsuma...."

...based on 10 key indicators of elder-abuse protection....

...appointing ACO A as Inmate’s attorney for the purpose of making a one-time withdrawal of $10,000 from Inmate’s bank account with the intent that the money be divided and distributed between the three ACOs....

Secret Service Lodging Cost Over $1 Million Alone....

Hawaii’s total Index Crime rate in 2015 was 0.3% below the rate reported in 2014, and 24.7% below the rate reported a decade earlier (2006)....

...since 1992 the state has collected 2240 sexual assault kits. As of June 30, 2016, 1951 of these have not been tested and 289 of them have been tested....

....paranoia will destroy ya....

...11 sites, clustered within the Kalihi, Aiea, Kalaeloa and Mililani areas, have been identified....

MADD wants tougher Hawaii law for DUI with kids in car....

...Is he posting a campaign victory speech on the County Prosecutor’s website?....

The proposed Hawaii bill for the 2017 legislative session would institute our own governor-appointed commission and ombudsman’s office and provide for....

Maui, Kauai, and Hawaii county police departments successfully inventoried their untested sexual assault evidence collection kits....

...an international sex trafficking organization transporting hundreds of women from Thailand....

Gov. David Ige appointed Edmund (Fred) Hyun to be the interim chair of the Hawai‘i Paroling Authority....

...five Kauai-based conservation officers flew there in mid-August....

...not a single member of the Commission appointed by the mayor, other than Ms. Sheehan, has any legal or law enforcement background....

Hassan Maan Melhem later pleaded no contest to fourth-degree sexual assault and was given a deferred sentence and probation....

Other bail bond companies are also being reviewed....

"I am now convinced DOCARE is cursed and doomed to remain a pathetic substandard agency...."

...The Department of Public Safety said the air conditioning will remain on the generator until a faulty transformer can be replaced. The part has been ordered....

An investigation showed that he had physically threatened his fellow employees, been insubordinate, attempted to use his position as a Liquor Control Officer to obtain special treatment from a licensed liquor establishment....

In April, UH expanded is sexual harassment policies with a new Executive Policy on Consensual Relationships....

"If people didn't upset me, I wouldn't have to punch them...."

...in a June 16 letter, Case said she was not extending Friel's employment past his six-month probation period....

...the unanimous Hawaii Supreme Court threw out the conviction of the farmer, tagged by Officer Fuiava of Five-O for transporting a load of cabbage uncovered....