A white man the mayor has tapped to fill a vacancy on the Honolulu Police Commission said he doesn t believe racial discrimination exists in Hawaii.
When City Councilwoman Esther Kia‘aina asked Larry Ignas at a council meeting Wednesday if he acknowledged there is racial discrimination in Hawaii, the 77-year-old said he hasn’t seen any in his more than 30 years in the state.
“I have never seen any,” Ignas said. “I don’t see any discrimination in Hawaii not like back in the mainland.
He founded the private security firm Star Protection Agency and later ran United Security Alarms. Before coming to Hawaii, he was a police officer in East Chicago, Indiana.
Honolulu Police Don t Always Turn On Their Body Cams. That Needs To Change, Commissioners Say - Honolulu Civil Beat
Honolulu Police Don’t Always Turn On Their Body Cams. That Needs To Change, Commissioners Say
Officers in dicey situations may be incentivized to keep their cameras off. There’s growing calls for police to make sure that doesn’t happen. Reading time: 11 minutes.
As police body camera footage receives increased scrutiny on Oahu and nationwide, some Honolulu police commissioners and others are arguing that more should be done to hold officers accountable when they fail to record their encounters with the public.
ACLU Accuses HPD Officer Of Bias In Favor Of Business Partner - Honolulu Civil Beat
The ACLU wants HPD to develop a policy prohibiting conflicts of interest in policing. Reading time: 5 minutes.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii is accusing a Honolulu police officer of a conflict of interest after he responded to an incident involving his business partner in 2019. The ACLU says the officer acted in his friend’s favor.
In a letter sent to HPD on Wednesday, the ACLU says its client Robin Hall was assaulted by her boss in June 2019 and that an HPD officer who responded failed to arrest him because the officer is a friend and business partner of the alleged suspect.