First off, the killings last night in Dallas at the conclusion of an otherwise peaceful Black Lives Matter rally was horrible and abhorrent and straight-up mass murder. Five police officers died, and five others (as well as two civilians) were wounded. It was barbaric and horrible. The sniper (and so far, there only seems to have been one) put Dallas law enforcement in an … [Read more...] about The Dallas sniper, bomb-armed robots and the Maui Police Department
Clayton Tom
Maui County Police Commission Chooses Capt. Tivoli Faaumu To Be New MPD Chief
There's no white smoke pouring out of the Maui Police Department's Wailuku headquarters, but the Maui Police Commission has nonetheless just elected a new pope–er, police chief–and his name is Tivoli Faaumu. That's right, kids: the commission opted to go ABC–"anyone but Clayton–and opted to ignore Deputy Chief Clayton Tom (retired Chief Gary Yabuta's preferred successor) in … [Read more...] about Maui County Police Commission Chooses Capt. Tivoli Faaumu To Be New MPD Chief
Maui Robocops: Looking at the militarization of the Maui Police Department
Imagine a robot that can maneuver through a building, climbing stairs and opening doors. Imagine that it can record what it sees and talk to people. Now imagine that it can hold and use a firearm. If that sounds like science fiction, think again: the Maui Police Department recently took possession of a robot that can do all that. The “militarization” of our nation’s law … [Read more...] about Maui Robocops: Looking at the militarization of the Maui Police Department
SNEAK PEEK: Maui Police Dept. Takes Possession Of New Tactical Robot
[Ed. Note: The following is an excerpt of a larger, upcoming story on the militarization of the Maui PD that will appear in this Thursday's edition of MauiTime.] Imagine a robot that can maneuver through a building, climbing stairs and opening doors. Imagine that it can re cord what it sees and talk to people. Now imagine that it can hold and use a firearm. If that sounds like … [Read more...] about SNEAK PEEK: Maui Police Dept. Takes Possession Of New Tactical Robot
‘A Good Cop’: We read disgraced former Maui cop Allison Moore’s new memoir so you wouldn’t have to
You don’t find vice cops who become addicted to methamphetamine that they steal out of police evidence and then pretend to have cancer to mask their addictions in every department. So when a publicist contacted us a few weeks ago, asking if we wanted to review Shards, a new memoir by Allison Moore–the former Maui Police Officer whose own on-the-job meth addiction really did … [Read more...] about ‘A Good Cop’: We read disgraced former Maui cop Allison Moore’s new memoir so you wouldn’t have to