Law Enforcement

"...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....

...“New Year’s Eve was just one of many indications that the inspection process is lacking, which is how illegal goods are coming into the state through our ports. We have seen an increase in gun violence, drug addiction is an epidemic and we are at high-risk for suffering from toxic substances and agricultural invasive species that can hurt our environment,” said Councilmember Pine....

...U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today released a fact sheet highlighting information the committee received from whistleblowers....

...when private firms and municipalities consider revenues first, and safety second, the public interest is threatened....

...They don’t reduce the total number of vehicle accidents, the total number of individuals injured in accidents or the total number of incapacitating injuries that involve ambulance transport to a hospital....

...Safety or scam? Red light cameras under scrutiny....

...HB2177 will be heard by the House Judiciary Committee on January 30 at 2:45 pm in Capitol Conference Room 325....

...The criminal complaint charges three defendants who are described as the main administrators of KOJC in the United States....

...House Bill 2728 implements a $5 surcharge for all overseas flights except for interisland travel....

...Maui burglar sentenced to 46 months of prison after pleading guilty to possession of stolen firearms....

...HB2680 will be heard on Wednesday, February 5 at 9 am in Capitol Conference Room 325....

...The 18th annual “State of Tobacco Control” report grades states and the federal government on policies proven to prevent and reduce tobacco use....

...What does a drunk rave promoter know about aviation fuel anyway?....