Watch out, because the state Legislature is actually on track to doing the right thing in regards to making public the names of bad cops. There have been so many fruitless attempts to undo the disaster that was the 1995 state law exempting police officers from the state's Uniform Information Practices Act that I'm hesitant to write about this latest move. But given some … [Read more...] about Will the Hawaii Legislature finally allow the public to see the names of bad cops?
Tenari Maafala
Surprise! Hawaii police union opposes new bill that would make public the names of disciplined cops
Yeah, we can't believe it either: Senate Bill 497 "Repeals the privacy exemption within the Uniform Information Practices Act [UIPA] for county police department officers," according to the bill text. It was introduced on Jan. 23 by small handful of state Senators, including Maui's own Roz Baker, D–South Maui. Myriad organizations have already submitted testimony in favor of … [Read more...] about Surprise! Hawaii police union opposes new bill that would make public the names of disciplined cops
SHOPO Endorses Maui County Mayor Alan Arakawa For Reelection
That's right, folks: Tenari Ma'afala, the head of the all-powerful state police union who has worked long hours to make sure Hawaii residents aren't able to see the disciplinary records of active duty cops and who loathes our state's new law legalizing same-sex marriage so much that he testified before the state Legislature last year that he would refuse to enforce it has … [Read more...] about SHOPO Endorses Maui County Mayor Alan Arakawa For Reelection