So last week, The Maui News published another of those regular but all-too infrequent summaries of Maui Police discipline against its own. On June 24, the paper reported that the department busted five cops in March and April of this year, ranging in punishment from letters of reprimand to 10-day suspension and transfer–the latter of which fell on an officer for "breaching … [Read more...] about No One Cares About Maui Police Internal Discipline Reports, Right?
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UPDATED AGAIN: Embattled Maui County Parks Dept. Director Glenn Correa Retires
[Editor's note: I updated this post on June 18 with information from an official press release sent out by Mayor Alan Arakawa's office, which wasn't yet available when I first posted this on June 17.] [Second Editor's note: I further updated this post on June 19 to include a statement from the Attorney General's office] Maui County Parks Department Director Glenn T. Correa, … [Read more...] about UPDATED AGAIN: Embattled Maui County Parks Dept. Director Glenn Correa Retires
Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa: ‘We lost two of our own last night’
A few minutes before the Maui County officials' press conference today on last night's crash of an Maui Air charter flight on Lanai that killed three people and injured three more–five of which were county employees–a county staffer circulated the Mayor's Lounge, where the conference was to take place. As TV crews set up in the front of the room and county officials like … [Read more...] about Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa: ‘We lost two of our own last night’
Maui Police Officer Nelson Johnson Arrested For Allegedly Assaulting His Teenage Daughter
Shortly before noon on Wednesday, Nov. 20, Maui Police Officers arrested one of their own–Nelson Johnson–for allegedly assaulting his teenage daughter the night before, according to a Maui PD press release written by Maui PD Lt. Jayson Rego. Here's how Rego's press statement described Johnson's alleged actions: "On November 19, 2013, at 9:40 p.m., The mother of the victim … [Read more...] about Maui Police Officer Nelson Johnson Arrested For Allegedly Assaulting His Teenage Daughter