The Honolulu Police Commission has a chance to put in place a chief who will bring about fundamental change, not just maintain a status quo that isn’t working.

The Honolulu Police Department needs a culture change , and the Honolulu Police Commission should make it a top priority when it decides who the next chief of police will be.

There are many HPD problems, including wrongful arrests , racial disparities in the use of force , overtime abuses , and police misconduct that has cost the city millions of dollars in legal settlements.

This essay focuses on three problems that are rooted in HPD’s organizational culture – the values, beliefs and assumptions that shape the behavior of the 1,700 sworn officers whose mission is supposed to be “serving and protecting with alo

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