The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii has filed a lawsuit against the city of Honolulu and the Police Department alleging that an officer violated agency policy when he placed under arrest a teen who had gotten into an altercation with his son.
The suspect—identified only as a 64-year-old man—has been charged with first-degree terroristic threatening, two counts of criminal trespass and resisting an order to stop.
An officer who's also an artist has created portraits to memorialize the two Honolulu PD officers killed Sunday responding to a stabbing call.
Officer Tiffany-Victoria Bilon Enriquez and Officer Kaulike Kalama have been identified as the two Honolulu (HI) Police Department officers who were shot and killed Sunday while responding to a stabbing call at a home near Diamond Head on the island of Oahu.
In the wake of the shooting, the suspect then allegedly set fire to the home. Flames spread quickly to several nearby homes. At least four homes have been destroyed.
A police training exercise led to the Tsunami sirens activating on the islands of Oahu and Maui, sparking a brief panic among residents.
A burglary suspect reportedly shot a fire extinguisher at an officer with the Honolulu Police Department late last week.
A Honolulu man has been charged with attempted first-degree assault for attacking a law enforcement officer with a screwdriver and first-degree attempted theft of a firearm.
A man accused of attacking a Honolulu police officer on Sunday has been charged with first-degree assault of a law enforcement officer, first-degree attempted theft and contempt of court.
Seattle is coming armed with much better salaries and more frequent raises. Starting salary for a police officer in Honolulu is $65,592 per year versus $81,444 for a newly sworn officer in Seattle. For veteran officers, the pay gap is even larger.