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Suspect In Hawaii Hospital Stabbing Death Described As ‘Aggressive’ Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Suspect In Hawaii Hospital Stabbing Death Described As ‘Aggressive’

Amid questions over the decision to discharge the psychiatric patient, the head of the union representing hospital employees calls for a thorough review of operations.

Former Patient Indicted In Fatal Stabbing Of Nurse Department of Public Safety

Former Patient Indicted In Fatal Stabbing Of Nurse

Tommy Carvalho is scheduled to be arraigned in First Circuit Court on Monday.

In Rainy Hilo, Big Island Police Chief Ben Moszkowicz Is Seeing Sunshine Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023

In Rainy Hilo, Big Island Police Chief Ben Moszkowicz Is Seeing Sunshine

In his first year on the job, the chief has worked to improve transparency, staffing shortages and other issues.

Search For Lahaina’s Missing Spurs Creation Of Cold Case Unit Maui Police Department

Search For Lahaina’s Missing Spurs Creation Of Cold Case Unit

Two members of a task force specializing in forensic analysis will be assigned to the new detail that will reexamine dozens of unsolved cases.

Wage Bump Aims To Stem Departure Of Honolulu’s Deputy Prosecutors Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2017

Wage Bump Aims To Stem Departure Of Honolulu’s Deputy Prosecutors

In the midst of a workforce shortage, some city positions are getting big pay boosts, Civil Beat's Salary Database shows.

How Recruiting More Women Could Help Police Solve A ‘Staffing Crisis’ Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

How Recruiting More Women Could Help Police Solve A ‘Staffing Crisis’

Leaders say implementing policies, like paid maternity leave, could help bring more women to the force and improve policing overall.

Hawaii Couple Found Guilty Of Stealing IDs Of Dead Babies AP

Hawaii Couple Found Guilty Of Stealing IDs Of Dead Babies

Jurors deliberated for about two hours before reaching guilty verdicts.

Hawaii’s Emergency Management Agency Struggles To Fill Many Key Jobs Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat/2017

Hawaii’s Emergency Management Agency Struggles To Fill Many Key Jobs

About 45% of HIEMA's civil service jobs are vacant, forcing the agency to use temporary and exempt employees to fill in.

Matthew Leonard: The Swiss Cheese That Is National Crime Data Hawaii News Now

Matthew Leonard: The Swiss Cheese That Is National Crime Data

Weʻll soon have a more comprehensive understanding of the victims of crime, including hate crimes, in Hawaii.