Christopher Magnus talks with Civil Beat about his policing experience and how he would approach a position on the commission.

The Honolulu City Council is considering whether to approve a veteran former police chief as the latest addition to the city’s police oversight board.

After watching a lackluster performance by Mayor Rick Blangiardi’s previous Honolulu Police Commission nominee at a City Council hearing in May, Christopher Magnus, who retired to Honolulu in 2023, reached out to the mayor with policing advice. Blangiardi was impressed and nominated him to the commission instead.

“I had three prior attempts to try to put somebody with police experience (on),” Blangiardi said last week. “Unable to do so. And then along comes a guy like Chris, and it just sort of jumps off the pap

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