Officials with the statewide police union have a lot to say about the many issues that Hawaiʻi’s law enforcement agencies are grappling with.

Police news is one of the hottest topics in Hawaiʻi these days, from major shakeups in the Honolulu department to the struggle to fills hundreds of jobs statewide to the search for new police chiefs in three counties at the same time.

That’s why we asked officials with the State of Hawaiʻi Organization of Police Officers to spend some time with our reporters and editors this week for an in-depth discussion on the many things SHOPO is concerned about.

We weren’t disappointed. In a wide-ranging session that lasted more than 90 minutes, three SHOPO leaders — Sgt. Jonathan Frye, Cpl. Nicholas Schlapak and Dustin DeRollo, a SHOPO consultant — spoke fra

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