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LIHUE, Hawaii The police commission on Kauai has suspended the police chief without pay for five days for making discriminatory comments after an investigation found he mocked people of Asian descent.
The Kauai Police Department said in a statement Friday that Chief Todd Raybuck will be suspended from April 26 to 30 for violating county policy. He will also be required to complete Equal Employment Opportunity anti-discrimination training and cultural sensitivity training.
The police department said a Kauai Department of Human Resources investigation concluded there was no evidence to support the allegation that Raybuck failed to promote an employee based upon the person s ancestry, race or national origin.
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Kauai County officials on Friday publicly disclosed for the first time details of the disciplinary action taken against Police Chief Todd Raybuck for violating a county discrimination policy. Reading time: 5 minutes.
Kauai Police Chief Todd Raybuck will be suspended without pay for five days later this month after an investigation by the county Human Resources Department found he violated a discrimination policy twice when he mocked people of Asian descent in conversation with other officers.
The Kauai Police Commission also took issue with the chief for discriminatory language and gestures and ordered him to complete Equal Employment Opportunity and Cultural Sensitivity Training, county officials announced on Friday.
The police commission on the Hawaii island of Kauai has suspended the police chief without pay for five days for making discriminatory comments after an investigation found he mocked people of Asian descent.
Kauai Police Chief suspended for 5 days following alleged racist comments Kauai police chief apologizes for racially-insensitive comments in a video posted to YouTube. (Source: Chief Todd Raybuck) By HNN Staff | April 16, 2021 at 8:47 PM HST - Updated April 16 at 8:47 PM
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Kauai Police Chief Todd Raybuck was suspended for five days without pay for allegedly making racist comments about Asian people.
Raybuck had previously released a video apology for comments made in July 2020 and November 2019.
He came under fire after reportedly making comments and doing actions that targeted Asians.
As part of this disciplinary action, the Kauai Police Commission also ordered Raybuck to attend cultural sensitivity training.