Law Enforcement

...ineffective, unnecessary, rife for abuse, expensive, potentially unconstitutional, and, in a word, “terrifying”....

"...an executive order that will encourage police departments nationwide to meet the most current professional standards for the use of force, including tactics for de-escalation.  Also, we’ll encourage pilot programs that allow social workers to join certain law enforcement officers so that they work together....” 

"...Hundreds of the marchers today in the Black Lives Matter rally in Honolulu chose to leave their signs at the doorstep of the Hawaii Republican Party...."

...the UPW still has not agreed to allow all guards to be searched for contraband....

...Hawaii’s case is likely the most extreme to date....

...It allows all traveler information collected through the current processes to be integrated into its ArcGIS database....

...as of Sunday, May 17, Hawaii became Scattered Canary’s latest unemployment fraud victim....

“...South Pacific island nations are scouring shipping records for vessels with links to North Korea after Fiji said it had identified 20 falsely flagged ships it suspects the isolated regime is using to evade United Nations sanctions....”

"...We've arrested people for sitting on our beaches, and today we learned that violent prisoners will be let loose in our communities...."

...the governor has suspended many laws....

...Wiser regulators than those in Maui would avoid bloody-minded enforcement that deters voluntary civic action to help the public in a crisis....

"...We will evaluate the effectiveness of this curfew after this weekend and will continue to make policy changes as needed....”

"...Only one family member should be allowed to leave the home at any time...."

...Statewide Effort Underway to Identify Certain Inmates for Release from the Prison Population Amid COVID-19 Concerns....

"...On March 17, 2020, we mailed letters to all affected individuals...."

...Media personnel are amongst the exempted 'Essential Businesses'....

...Hawaii County is still going its own way....

"...The only way to contain community spread of the virus is to impose a shelter-in-place directive upon all persons in Hawaii...."

...islandwide nighttime curfew beginning Friday, March 20. The curfew will be in effect from 9 p.m. through 5 a.m. daily until further notice....

...all individuals are ordered to stay at their place of residence startyng Mon March 23, 2020 at 430pm....

...Mayor Victorino announces Public Health Emergency Rules for Maui County....

“...With the majority of Hawaiʻi’s COVID-19 cases linked to travel, it is critical that we further mitigate the spread of the virus by both residents and visitors who are coming from out-of-state....”

...In this uncertain and anxious time, we already are seeing many questionable proposals being put forth....

..."In order for it to not just ravage our community and start having massive community spread, we need to stop people bringing it into the state"....

...government power in times of crisis and the tension between that power and property and other individual rights....

...A public request to enact stronger measures of social distancing across Hawaiʻi....

...on plaintiffs' reading the President would not be able to suspend entry from a particular country in the event of an epidemic in that country....

...responsible for committing 81 offenses, resulting in 185 charges....

...the Department of Taxation, is behind a few of them....

...several victims testified at trial that they relied upon Williams’s representations and went into foreclosure as a result of the MEI program and lost their homes....

...Hawaii 2.11 drunk driving fatalities per 100,000 people--down 26.83% from 2017....

...Emergency preparedness in Hawaii....

..."While we've seen incursions into the EEZs of partners and illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing on the high seas, these are the first interdictions we've had in the US EEZ since 2012"....

...If the required documents previously submitted are on file with the city, these motorists can simply get a duplicate license online and add on the star marking to indicate REAL ID compliance....

...fined $10,000 by Hawaii State Ethics Commission....

...If government benefits were available, Nathan Lum made sure that he was going to receive some of them....

...A female answering the phone did not seem to understand a reporter requesting to speak to Chris Woo.  She kept asking, “You want masagee?”....

...illegally stealing fish which exist for the viewing pleasure of billionaires....

... will Sen Taniguchi block this bill as he did last session? ....

...Cameras can catch cars that run red lights, but that doesn’t make streets safer....

...The Circuit Court of the Third Circuit (Hawaii island) is seeking applications for independent grand jury counsel for Hilo and Kona....

...Whenever we as gun owners object to yet another second amendment infringing law, we hear the same old line, "well, we have to do something," but year after year, law after law is passed, and it changes nothing....

...Thursday, February 27, 6:30–8:30 p.m. in room 125, on the Waiʻanae Moku campus of LCC....

...the current system preys on innocent property owners....

...Kia’i protestors Wong and Perez were quoted as saying in the Tribune-Herald that, “dirty tactics” were being used. Well now that’s rich coming from the protestors....

...Hui Chen is a member of the Complex Litigation, Fraud, and Compliance Unit, and will be tasked with investigating, reviewing, and consulting on compliance issues within state government....

...More than 6,300 students, or 15.5 percent of UH’s approximately 40,861 adult students participated in the 2019 survey....

...Claiming that lawlessness is in fact "civil disobedience" is in the eye of the beholder, making this law almost impossible to enforce....

...SB2505: Requires & appropriates funds for DOH to establish a continuum of stabilization beds statewide for non-forensic patients with substance abuse or mental health disorders....