WHO SHOULD BE THE NEXT HONOLULU POLICE CHIEF?

BEFORE DECISION IS MADE, THE FINALIST AS PEER ON INSIGHTS.

AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC JOIN US FOR EXAMPLE COLLUSIVE DISCUSSION WITH THE CANDIDATES AS THEY DISCUSS THEIR VISION FOR HPD AND THE FUTURE OF POLICING IN OUR COMMUNITY.

BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION AND SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS FOR THE POLICE CHIEF FINALIST.

TONIGHT'S LIVE BR BROADCAST LIVESTREAM OF INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAII START NOW.

♪ ALOHA AND WELCOME TO INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAII.

I'M YUNJI DE NIES.

ON MAY 20TH THE HONOLULU POLICE COMMISSION WILL SELECT A NEW POLICE CHIEF WITH ONE OF THE THREE MEN IN STUDIO TONIGHT BEING CHOSEN AS HONOLULU'S TOP LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.

THE SEVEN-MEMBER COMMISSION, APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR AND CONFIRMED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SELECTING THE POLICE CHIEF AND OVERSEEING HPD'S RULES, REGULATIONS, AND BUDGETS.

COMMISSION MEMBERS SERVE ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS AND RECEIVE NO COMPENSATION.

THE SEARCH FOR A NEW CHIEF BEGAN AFTER JOE LOGAN STEPPED DOWN LAST JUNE.

AFTER MONTHS OF INTERVIEWS AND REVIEWS, THE COMMISSION HAS NARROWED THE FIELD DOWN TO THESE THREE FINALISTS, WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT TO DISCUSS THEIR QUALIFICATIONS, PRIORITIES, AND VISION FOR HPD, AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR PARTICIPATION IN TONIGHT'S SHOW.

YOU CAN EMAIL OR CALL IN YOUR QUESTIONS, AND YOU'LL FIND A LIVE STREAM OF THIS PROGRAM AT PBSHAWAII.ORG AND THE PBS HAWAI'I YOUTUBE PAGE.

NOW, TO OUR GUESTS.

THE ORDER OF INTRODUCTION WAS DETERMINED BY A RANDOM DRAWING.

SCOTT EBNER IS A VETERAN LAW ENFORCEMENT EXECUTIVE WITH MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN POLICING AND PUBLIC LEADERSHIP.

HE PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR AND CHIEF OF POLICE IN GLYNN COUNTY, GEORGIA, AND HELD SENIOR LEADERSHIP POSITIONS WITH THE NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE, MANAGING INVESTIGATIVE OPERATIONS, PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, TECHNOLOGY MODERNIZATION, AND TRAINING.

DAVID LAZAR IS A SENIOR LAW ENFORCEMENT LEADER WITH 33 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHERE HE SERVED AS ACTING CHIEF OF POLICE AND ASSISTANT CHIEF OF OPERATIONS.

HE HAS HAD EXTENSIVE COMMAND EXPERIENCE IN POLICE OPERATIONS, INVESTIGATIONS, FIELD OPERATIONS, PUBLIC SAFETY TECHNOLOGY, AND PUBLIC TRUST-BUILDING.

MIKE LAMBERT IS A LONGTIME LAW ENFORCEMENT LEADER WITH MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE SERVING WITH THE HONOLULU POLICE DEPARTMENT AND AS THE CURRENT DIRECTOR OF THE HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.

HE HAS LED MULTI-AGENCY INITIATIVES ADDRESSING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE, HOUSING AND SOCIAL SERVICE SYSTEMS.

THANK YOU BEING HERE TONIGHT.

EXCITED TO DIVE IN.

MR.

MIKE LAMBERT I WANT TO START WITH YOU.

QUESTION THAT WE'LL START YOU ALL WITH TONIGHT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE FACING DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW AND HOW ARE YOU EUGEUNIQUELY QUALIFIED S IT.

>> STARTING INTERNALLY WITH MARLE MORALE.

DON'T FEEL COMMAND CARES ABOUT THEM TOP DOWN FOR ME, ONE BIGGEST INN THINGS OFFENSIVE ALWAYS DONE.

SERGEANT LIEUTENANT, CAPTAIN MAJOR NOW DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.

>> TRY TO MAKE OUR DEPUTIES CURRENT ROLAND A OFFICERS AND EVEN CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES PEOPLE FORGET ABOUT THAT PLACE WHERE THEY LIKE TO COME TO WORK.

WHETHER IT'S JUST SAYING HI EVERY MORNING, BRINGING SNACKS INTO THE OFFICE ADD HOLIDAYS LITTLE THINGS THAT MAKE PEOPLE FEEL APPRECIATE I KNOW WHAT ENTER MISSING RIGHT NOW AND PISSING THEM OFF WHAT CAN I DO FIX IT.

>>Yunji: WHAT DO YOU THINK BIGGEST CHALLENGE FACING HONOLULU POLICE DEPARTMENT AND UNIQUELY KEUNIQUE QUALIFIED TO T ON.

SCABBLE U STABILIZATION DEPARTMENT MEETING CULTURAL RESET ACCOUNT ABILITY TRANSPARENCY HAVING A LEADER ETHICAL AND OVER ARCHING WITH INTEGRITY, LEADING BY INTEGRITY AND WE HAVE TO WORK ON BUILDING MORALE AND BUILDING WELL WELLNESS WITH MEMBERS.

HAVE THOSE OFFICERS BACK.

DOING A GOOD JOB.

AND WE CAN MAKE THIS IS A GREAT DEPARTMENT.

I ALSO THINK THAT WE HAVE TO REBUILD TRUST IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND TRANSPARENCY.

WE DO THIS BY LISTENING, BY PARTNERSHIPS AND BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS.

THIRD AREA I FEEL IS WE NEED TO BUILD OUT IMPROVE THE DEPARTMENT WITH MICRONESIA RAMBLE OUTCOMES.

MEASURABLE OUTCOMING BY WAY, WELLNESS, AND RECRUITMENT AND MODERNIZATION AND ASSESS.

THERE'S A WHOLE HOST OF THINGS.

I COME A LARGE AGENCY.

VERY SIMILAR TO HONOLULU.

COMING FROM SAN FRANCISCO.

ONE OF MY GREATEST KUALO'OFICATIONS FACT THAT OUR DEPARTMENT QUALIFICATIONS OUR DEPARTMENT WENT THROUGH 7 YEARS R YEARS OF REFORM VOLUNTEERED DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, 94 FINDINGS, 272 RECOMMENDATION AND I WAS A LEADER IN IMPLEMENTING THOSE 272 RECOMMENDATIONS WITH MY COLLEAGUES IN 7 YEARS.

AND SO I HAVE THOSE KEAWALAU CASES TO -- QUALIFICATIONS TO MAKE A GOOD DEPARTMENT A GREAT DEPARTMENT.

>>Yunji: SAME QUESTION FOR YOU.

WHAT DOES THE HPD NEED RIGHT NOW AND WHEN ARE YOU THE MAN TO TAKE IT ON?

>> NEED SOMEONE WHO HAS THE EXPERIENCE.

EXPERIENCE THAT LED THIS CHANGE THAT IS NEEDED.

WHAT'S NEEDED IS LAST TIME I WAS HERE, FOUR YEARS AGO, THEY 4300 VACANCY.

UP TO 460.

GOING WRONG DIRECTION HERE.

ANYONE WORKS HERE IN THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS THAT.

SO RECRUITMENT AND THEN RETENTION.

DUAL PROBLEM BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE THAT COULD LEAVE.

I UNDERSTAND ANOTHER 260 MEMBERS THAT COULD LEAVE TODAY AND RETIRE.

REALLY SERIOUS DESMOND REINVESTMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT-D&B DETRIMENTAL TO THE DEPARTMENT IF THAT HAPPENED.

FACE THE SAME PROBLEM WENT TO GLYNN COUNTY, GEORGIA 27 YEARS.

WENT DOWN THERE, UNFORTUNATELY TRAGICALLY KILLED SENSELESSLY AND TRUST IN THE COMMUNITY AND OFFICERS WAS REALLY LOW.

I HAD TO DO AN OVERHAUL.

WAS UNDER 45% BELOW STAFFING.

ABLE TO INCREASE IT 25% WITH JUST OVER 2 YEARS.

YOU HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY I CAN HAVE A PLAN AND STRATEGIC HAVE A PLAN DEDICATED TO CHANGE CULTURE OF THE DEPARTMENT OFFICERS FEEL VALUED WANT TO WORK THERE, HOW DO YOU ATTRACT OTHER OFFICERS?

YOUNG TALENT, TALENT THAT LATERAL OFFICERS, DO THAT BECAUSE THEY NEED TO WANT TO COME WORK THERE BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE VALUE AND PROFESSIONALLY DEVELOPED AND ACTUALLY HAVE CAREER THAT IS WORTHWHILE TO THEM.

NATIONAL PROBLEM.

THERE'S LESS PEOPLE THAT WANT TO GET INTO THIS LINE OF WORK.

WE HAVE UNFORTUNATELY EVERY DEPARTMENT WE'RE HIT IN THE SAME M SMALL RESOURCE.

RECRUIT INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY.

>>Yunji:ERR YOU'RE RIGHT.

460 VACANCIES.

260 CURRENT OFFICERS ELIGIBLE FOR RETIRE TODAY.

HPD HAS TRIED MONEY.

TRIED SOME OF THE TACTICS THAT YOU LAID OUT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY HAVEN'T DONE STILL COULD DO?

>> GIVE YOU AN AXE WHAT I DID IN GLENN COUNTY, GEORGIA.

AN EXAMPLE.

NEW TO THEM.

THERE'S 460 VACANCIES.

THAT MEANS 460 POSITIONS THAT ARE SALARY FUND AND BENEFITS THAT HAS EXTRA SALARY AND MONEY THAT WE COULD DO USE TO UPDATE THE DEPARTMENT.

MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE COULD USE IT TO HAVE A ROBUST RECRUITMENT CAMPAIGN LIKE I PUT IN PLACE.

I FLEW IN THE AIRPORT.

DROVE TO MY FRIEND'S HOUSE FIRST.

SPEND TIME THERE.

WENT TO THE HOTEL HERE IN WAIKIKI.

THERE WASN'T ONE ADVERTISEMENT THE NOT ONE BILLBOARD.

NOTHING THAT SAYS HONOLULU POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ACTUALLY ACTIVELY RECRUITING AND HIRING.

THAT IS TRAGIC.

I DID CAMPAIGN WITH RADIO ADVERTISEMENT.

DID BILL BOARDS.

GEO O FENCING WITH SOCIAL MEDIA MILITARY BASICS TARGET INDIVIDUALS WANT TO GET INTO LAW ENFORCEMENT.

SUCCESSFUL AND IT IS SUCCESSFUL TO THIS DAY.

>>Yunji: DO YOU AGREE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH RECRUITMENT IN ADVERTISING WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THE MISSING PIECE TO GET MORE OFFICERS ON THE STREET.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE NOWADAYS DON'T JOIN AN AGENT SIVMENT LOOKINGING FOR A LEADER.

STARTS AT THE TOP.

WHETHER IT BE CHIEF OF POLICE, DIRECTOR, WHATEVER THE TOP TITLE IS, THAT'S WHERE THEY WANT TO WORK.

THEY'RE JUDGING THAT PERSON.

SO ACE CHIEF OF POLICE, OR DIRECTOR, YOU HAVE TO GET OUT THERE, YOU HAVE TO KIND OF MAKE FEEL LIKE WANT TO WORK THAT GUY.

TAKE RECRUITMENT AS AN ISSUE.

DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT PAYS $20,000 LESS STARTING IN HPD.

I GOT NO INCENTIVES.

NO NOTHING.

WHAT I DO DO IS GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY, FAMILIAR, WHEN I STARTED LAST YEAR, RECRUIT CLASS WAS ONLY NINE.

THIS YEAR, RECRUIT CLASS STARTED OFF 19.

WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON AGAINST ME, WITH LOWER PAY, I BEEN ABLE TO INCREASE SEATS OVER 100%.

REALLY WHEN YOU STARTED TO ASK DEPUTIES.

>> WHY US, WHY US OVER ANOTHER AGENCY, EVEN THOUGH WE PAY LESS YOU GUYS SEEM MORE EXCITES.

SEEM LIKE GUYS ARE DOING NEW THINGS.

ACTUALLY COME OFF AND SAY, THE BOSS, DIRECTOR, JUST FEELS FEELE A CREW WORK.

THOSE ARE THE THINGS MISSION.

IN DEFENSE OF HPD, THINGS MISSING CREDIT TO ACHIEVE LEGO.

DEPARTMENT OUR BEST PRACTICES.

CHIEF LOGAN ON.

50 RECRUITS NEVER SIGN SEEN THAT AT LEAST 20 YEARS.

SO ALREADY A ADOPTED ALL OF THE BEST PRACTICES.

CITY COUNCIL DID LIKE A LITTLE TASK FORCE COME UP WITH RECOMMENDATIONS WITH HPD ACTUALLY ADOPTED.

EVEN DOWN TO GIVING BONUSES FOR PEOPLE THAT COME ON.

ALREADY DONE GREAT AT THAT.

WHAT HURTING THE DEPARTMENT IS RETENTION.

SO FOR ME A LOT OF THINGS THAT I WANT TO WORK ON IS SAYING YOU GOT 25 YEARS.

LET ME TALK TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

GIVE ME A POT OF MONEY TO DO RETENTION BONUS.

WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE?

IF YOU GOT 25 YEARS, AGREE TO STAY ON ONE MORE YEAR, SIX.

STAY ON 2 MORE YEARS.

7 GRAND PERFECT YEAR.

YOU GET 15 GRAND.

AGREE TO STAY ON 3 YEARS.

8,000 GET 24 GRAND TO YOU RIGHT THERE.

260 VACANCIES THAT EVERYBODY IS CONCERNED ABOUT, SAY, I CAN GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR ANY COMMUNITY CONCERNED ABOUT THESE PEOPLE THAT WINDWAWONGOUT THE DOOR, HOLD ONK OUTDOOR R260 COULD WALK OUT.

ACTUALLY ONLY 100 HAVEN'T ACCEPTED EXTENSION BONE US.

BONY US TIME FOR RECRUITMENT EFFORTS COME DOWN.

CHIEF OF POLICE SHOWING THESE GUYS THEY CARE AND CREATING BETTER WORK ENVIRONMENT.

INVEST IN THE GUYS.

SOMETIMES WE GET SPENDY AND YOU GOT TO FIGHT.

GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

TALK TO THEM AND SAY, HEY, I KNOW 100 GRAND OF VEHICLE.

IS SSPENDY BUT THAT IS WHERE THY SPEND THEIR DAY.

VEHICLES AREN'T GREAT OR FEEL BROKEN DOWN, THEY DON'T WANT TO BE IN THIS JOB ANY LONGER THAN THEY HAVE TO.

VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE THOSE INVESTMENTS.

>>Yunji: WE'VE HEARD BASICALLY PUBLIC AWARENESS AND WE'VE HEARD INVESTMENT ON FINANCE.

FINANCIAL INVESTMENT.

ARE THOSE THE TWO KEY COMPONENTS THAT WE'RE MISSING?

>> ONLY A PART OF THE KEY COMPONENT.

LET ME JUST EXPLAIN.

I WANT TO ADD TO WHAT MICAH SAYING.

MIKE IS SAYING HAVE GREAT MORE OLD AND OFFICERS FEED VALUED AND LIKE WOK BEING AT HPD THEY HELP RECRUIT OTHERS.

AND OUR OFFICERS ARE THE GREATEST RECRUIT YOURSELFS AND IN MY OPINION, COMING FROM WHERE I COME FROM, MY FORMER DEPARTMENT, WE SHOULD INCENTIVIZE THOSE OFFICERS.

MONETARILY INCENTIVIZE EVERY TIME FIND 'RECITE AND GET THEM THROUGH THE ACADEMY T RECRUIT GGRADUATES GET FINANCIAL INCENTIVIZED.

I'M GOING TO ADD TO THAT, WE NEED TO GO BIG AND WE NEED TO GO BOLD.

IF I'M THE CHIEF, I'M DOUBLING THE SIZE OF THE RECRUITMENT UNIT, I'M PUTTING IN A ATTENDANT CHIEF IN CHARGE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING GET BAILEY BRIEFINGS.

WE'RE GOING TO DAILY BRIEFINGS ADVERTISE THROUGH THE ENTIRE, COUNTRY.

USE MARKETING FIRM.

SENT OFFICERS NOW FROM HPD TO LAS VEGAS TO HAVE TESTING SITES.

WE'RE NOT USING TECHNOLOGY LIKE WE SHOULD FOR ANALYTICS.

WE DON'T HAVE TECHNOLOGY FOR AN APP.

YOU GET ORDER DOOR DASH TODAY ALREADY KNOW WHEN IT WAS ORDERED, WHEN IT WAS DIFFERED.

PHOTO TAKEN.

DELIVERED YOU APP APPLICANT FOR HPD HAVE AN APP BE ABLE TRACK YOUR PROGRESS.

KEEP CONSTANT ENGAGEMENT WITH GENERATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS NOBLE PROFESSION.

OTHER THING I WOULD SAY IS THAT WE NEED TO BE ALL OVER AND EVERYONE INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO BE INVOLVED IN IT.

I KNOW THAT SCOTT MENTIONED ABOUT FUNDING.

I'M NOT A BIG PROPONENT OF TAKING FROM GENERAL FUND.

WE COULD USE THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO BE CREATIVE.

FROM MY FORMER DEPARTMENT, IT SOME OF THE IDEAS AROUND POLICE FOUNDATION THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.

HAVING PRIVATE PERSON DONATE AND CREATE POLICE FOUNDATION REGARDING DATA AND TECHNOLOGY AND RECRUITMENT.

HOW WE GET A LOT OF FUNDING FOR RECRUITMENT AND TECHNOLOGY SOME OF THOSE THINGS MUCH LAST THING I'LL A SAY VERY MINDFUL ABOUT BEING VERY STRATEGIC IN RECRUITING WOMEN.

HPD THERE'S ABOUT 14% WOMEN.

WHICH IS AROUND THE NAJUMA NATIL AVERAGE WE NEED TO FOCUS IN, NATIONAL MOVEMENT CALLED 30 BY 30.

HIRING 30% WOMEN, BY 2030.

HPD, IF I'M THE CHIEF, WE'LL SIGN ON TO THAT.

HAVE WOMEN WEDNESDAYS, PROMOTE OUR WOMEN IN POLICING.

WOMEN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.

MAKE SURE OUR FACILITIES ARE SOLID THAT WE ARE BEING MINEFIELD OF POLICIES AROUND MINDFUL AROUND MOMS AND FACILITIES AND THINGS THAT WE NEED TO REALLY ATTRACT WOMEN TO OUR DEPARTMENT AND SAY THAT IS A GOOD PLACE TO WORK.

IF I'M A MOM OR IF I'M A WORKING PERSON.

SO MINDFUL OF THAT AS WELL.

I JUST WANT TO END BY SAYING THAT I HAVE A PRETTY COMPREHENSION ILLIVE LIST WHAT E NEED TO DO FOR RECRUITING AND IT'S POSSIBLE.

175 TO 200 OFFICERS A YEAR NEED TO BE HIRED AT HPD.

JUST TO GET AHEAD FO OF ATTRITION.

>>Yunji: ASK ABOUT YOU EACH I INDIVIDUALLY YOU ARE THE ONLY CANDIDATE FROM HAWAII.

DO YOU THINK IT'S IMPORTANT CHIEF BE SOMEONE WHO IS OF THIS PLACE?

>> I WANT TO BE FAIR TO OUR GUESTS.

THAT THERE AN ADVANTAGE BUT IT'S THE ONLY THING.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE FUNDAMENTAL LEADERSHIP KEA QUAWLT QUALITIES BUT IT DOES HELP I UNDERSTAND WHAT PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH I UNDERSTAND WAY THEY LIVED.

AND I UNDERSTAND EACH COMMUNITY IS UNIQUE.

JUST BECAUSE GREW UP IN KANEOHE DOESN'T MEAN I CAN DRIVE UP TO # HAWAII VOLCANOS HALEIWA HOW TO ACTEDWAIANAE TEL.

I'M BORN AND RAISED HERE, WAIANAE GUN VIOLENCE HAD TO GO OUT WITH HUMILITY TND TALK TO TELL, DIDN'T SAY I'M FROM HERE I KNOW ALL YOUR PROBLEMS.

CAN'T DO THAT TO PEOPLE UPSETS THEM.

I HAD TO COME THERE WITH A LOT HUMILITY.

WHAT'S GOING ON?

I HAD TO LISTEN COULDN'T PRETEND THAT I KNEW THEIR COMMUNITY JUST BECAUSE I LIVED 30 MILES AWAY.

WE HAVE NINE COUNCIL ADDICT U DISTRIBUTION EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT HAS THREE OR FOUR COMIEWNG COMMUNITIES IT'S NOT ONE BIG UNIQUE COMMUNITIES NOT ONE BIG COOKIE BOX OF COOKIES AND IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO UNDERSTAND THAT.

FOR ME, WE TALK ABOUT BUILDING TRUST, BENEFIT THAT I HAVE IS ALREADY HAVE TRUST.

SO I WORK WITH COMMUNITIES.

IF I COME OUT O THERE, PERSONALLY, THEY KNOW THAT'S SERIOUS AND THEY KNOW THAT THE JOB IS GOING TO TO GET DONE.

THAT'S THE ADVANTAGE THAT I HAVE.

GENTLEMEN HERE HAVE TO BUILD THAT.

IT TOOK ME SHUCKS, WAIANAE ALONE WAS A YEAR-AND-A-HALF TO BUILD TRUST.

FOR OTHER COMMUNITIES, LONGER.

A LOT OF THOSE THINGS DON'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.

SO WE TALK ABOUT BUILDING TRUST, I HAVE IT.

AND I THINK CHIEF OF POLICE, I'LL BRING THAT TRUST WITH ME.

BECAUSE REALITY IS THIS, WHEN HONOLULU POLICE DEPARTMENT LOST TOOK A DING ON TRUST, IT WAS THE CHIEF WHO SCREWED UP.

BUT YET WE ALL PAID THE CONSEQUENCE.

TILL THIS DAY WONDERING, WELL, IF WE GIVE MIKE A CHANCE, WILL HE BE LIKE LOUI?

I'M NOTHING LIKE LOUI.

I'M A DIFFERENT PERSON.

I HAVE DIFFERENT VALUES.

I HAVE NEVER HAD A CHARACTER ATTACK ON ME FOR DOING SOMETHING BAD.

I'M DIFFERENT.

THAT'S WHY PEOPLE IN THE HONOLULU POLICE DEPARTMENT USED TO LIKE TO WORK ME.

PEOPLE STRUGGLING IN OTHER UNITS OR FEELING OSTRACIZED, TRANSFERRED TO ME.

BECAUSE THEY KNEW THAT I RUN A CLEAN SHIP.

RUN IT FAIR AND THERE'S NO NEPOTISM.

AGAIN, WHEN YOU TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC TRUST AND DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, IT STARTS AT THE TOP AND THEY KNOW EVEN IF MY GUYS SCREW UP, LONG'S I HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE, I WILL MAINTAIN COMMUNITY TRUST.

THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR ME HERE THAT I UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THEM.

SO THAT STAYS CONSTANT.

>>Yunji: WE KNOW THAT YOU HAVE FAMILY TIES HERE.

IN HAWAII.

YOU ARE NOT ORIGINALLY FROM HERE.

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA VERY DIVERSE.

DIVERSITY IS DIFFERENT.

HOW WOULD YOU ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT FOLKS HAVE MAYBE MISTRUST OF OUTSIDER COMING IN?

>> THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT FOR ME, RIGHT AWAY, IF I'M SELECTED AS CHIEF REALLY GOING OUT AND LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND COMING WITH RESPECT.

AND COMING WITH HUMILITY.

AND LEARNING FROM THE COMMUNITY.

SPENDING A LOT OF TIME BOTH IN THE COMMUNITY AND INSIDE DEPARTMENT GETTING MEET MEN AND WOMEN MAKE UP HPD.

THAT'S REALLY WHAT I'VE DONE IN SAN FRANCISCO SUCCESSFULLY.

IN ADDITION TO BEING VERY RESPONSIVE, AND BEING PERSON OF MY WORD AND BEING PERSON OF GOOD CHARACTER.

I FEEL THAT FAIRLY QUICKLY WILL GET UP TO SPEED LEARNING KNOWING PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY.

AN GETTING TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THEM.

I WANT TO SAY THIS, SAN FRANCISCO WAS SO SIMILAR, TO HONOLULU, AND I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT LOOK AT THE CITY, ABOUT DAYTIME ABOUT MILLION POPULATION, SAME AS HONOLULU.

>> CITY COUNCILORTY, SAME AS HONOLULU.

CITY & COUNTY HUGE TORTS TOURIS.

SAME AS HONOLULU.

1700 SWORN.

I CAN GO GO ON AN ON COME FROM A DEPARTMENT DIDN'T TAKE TOO KIND TO OUTSIDERS VERY FEW OUTSIDE CHIEFS.

>> ONE OUTSIDE ACHIEVE THAT WE HAD, I FEEL LIKE NOW IS THE TIME FOR HONOLULU TO HAVE OUTSIDE CHIEF, TO SET CULTURE IT WILL REFORM AND MOVE FORWARD ALL THE THINGS THAT NEED TO GET DONE, WELLNESS AND RECRUITMENT AND MODERNIZATION.

WHEN WE HAD OUR OUTSIDE CHIEF, WHAT I LEARNED FROM HIM IS YOU COME INTO A COMMUNITY AND YOU COME INTO A DEPARTMENT AND YOU'RE GRACIOUS.

AND YOU'RE HUMBLE.

AND YOU SHOW RESPECT.

AND YOU LISTEN AND YOU LEARN.

AND IF SELECTED AS CHIEF, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M GOING TO DO BOTH IN THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.

>>Yunji: WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS?

SECOND TIME AROUND THAT YOU DECIDED TO APPLY FOR THIS JOB.

MAKE IT DO THE FINAL ROUND.

WHAT DO YOU KEEP COMING BACK TO HONOLULU GIVEN THAT YOU ARE NOT FROM FROM THIS COMMUNITY?

>> MY HEART IS IN.

TREAT PEOPLE A LONG TIME WITH PROFESSIONALISM AND RESPECT AND DIGNITY.

KNOW WHEN YOU TALK TO THEM YOU'RE LEGITIMATE AND YOU MEAN WHAT YOU SAY.

AND YOU DO WHAT YOU'RE GOING THEY WANT YOU TO DO.

BASE ON YOUR EXPERTISE.

IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CHIEFS IN THE COUNTRY, WHETHER IT'S BRAT OR BRETT OR RAMZI, WEREN'T FROM THERE, BROUGHT IN EXPERTISE, RESPECT AND PROFESSIONALISM THEY WERE TRANSPARENT.

DID THAT EVERY JOB I'VE HAD IN POLICE WORK POLICE OFFICER IN FLORIDA 27 YEARS IN NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE.

TO BEING A CHIEF IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

NORTHERNER CAME DOWN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

DID VERY WELL THERE.

BUILT REALLY GOOD TEAM MAD A POINT TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY EVERY DAY.

WASN'T JUST ME.

FROM OFFICERS HAD TO DO IT.

COMMAND STAFF REQUIRED TO DO.

IF YOU TREAT PEOPLE RESPECT HAVE OPEN COMMUNICATION, AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT CARE DOING, T YOU'RE DOING.

IMPORTANT.

TRANS FIRE TRANSPIRES THEY SEE .

NOTHING AGAINST MIKE.

MIKE AND I HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE.

MATTER OF BEING FROM HERE OR HAVING A RELATIVE FROM HERE ARE, WE WOULDN'T BE IN THIS SITUATION.

RIGHT NOW.

I WOULDN'T BE SITTING HERE.

>>Yunji: I'M CURIOUS WHY ARE YOU LEAVING GEORGIA YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THERE THAT LONG.

>> PUT REALLY GOOD TEAM IN PLACE.

SAW THIS POSITION COME OPEN I WOULD SAY JUNE WOULD BE A YEAR NOW.

AND WAITED TILL END FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 'WHEN THEY STARTED PROCESS HERE.

STARTED IN JANUARY PERFECT TIMING.

>>Yunji: OKAY.

LET'S GET TO SOME OF THESE VIEWER QUESTIONS QUITE A FEW.

MICHAEL START WITH YOU.

ON THIS ONE.

MR.

MIKE LAMBERT.

HOW DID THE CANDIDATES FEEL ABOUT COLLABORATION BETWEEN LOCAL POLICE AND FEDERAL ICE FORCES?

QUITE A FEW QUESTION THE COOPERATION BETWEEN FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTICULARLY IF I CD AREA OF I AM PARTICULARLY AROUND IMITATION.

TREE TRENDY FOR ME TO SAY NEVER.

NOT INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING ANY TYPE OF ENFORCEMENT FOR ADMIN ONLY.

IF IT'S ADMIN ONLY, IN OTHER WORDS, EXPIRED VISA, PAPERWORK.

ISSUE I WOULD NOT BE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING.

BUT YOU U JUST CAN'T FOR SAKE LONG TIME FEDERAL PARTNERS.

HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN PRIMARY PARTNER FOR TAKEN O, ILLEGAL GAME WORKS.

DEALING WITH SEX TRAFFICKING AND GUNS.

AS DIRECTOR OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, ORDERS CAME DOWN WE WILL NOT PARTICIPATE.

AN THAT CREATED LITTLE RUB BETWEEN LEADERSHIP THERE.

AND I HAD TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT AND SAY BOTH HAVE OUR ORDER CAN'T PARTICIPATE IN THAT.

BUT YOU CAN'T JUST JUMPED ON BAND WAGON.

WHAT THE CHIEF OF POLICE HAS TO DO IS BE GROUNDED, IN UNDERSTANDING THAT PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES IF YOU LOOK AT HAWAII, HAD INCREASING AMOUNT OF CONSERVATIVE VOTING WITH INCREASE IN THAT.

I THINK NOW THE SONA SENATE IS .

SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

HOUSE UP TO 2 2%.

CAN'T FORGET THERE'S A ABOUT 20% OF OUR POPULATION THAT HAS CONSERVATIVE VIEWS WANT US DO THINGS WHAT I LIKE TO DO ALWAYS DONE TRY TO FIND BALANCE.

IN OTHER WORDS, NOT GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN ANYTHING RELATED TO ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATION.

HOWEVER, IF YOU CAN SHOW ME THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL IS CONNECTED TO SEX TRAFFICKING DRUG TRAFFICKING OR SOMETHING ELSE, WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THAT.

LIKE I SAID, MAY NOT BE VERY POPULAR VIEW, CHIEF'S JOB IS TO UNDERSTAND THAT'S GOING TO EXTEND BEYOND THEIR PERIOD.

THE PRESIDENT HAS 2 HALF YEARS LEFT.

CAN'T BURN THAT BRIDGE WITH A LONG TIME PARTNER HERE.

2-AND-A-HALF YEARS, WHEN I SAY HEY, SORRY ABOUT THAT, DIDN'T MEAN TO KIND CAUSE A RIFT WITH YOU, THEY'RE GOING TO BE LIKE, WHY WHATEVER.

BRO.

YOU GOT TO MAINTAIN THESE RELATIONSHIPS AN YOU GO TO THE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A BIG IRPICTURE WHILE UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS FEELING AND COUNCILMEMBER TUPOLA KAYEING WHERE YOU STAND ON -- COMMUNICATING WHERE YOU STAND ON THAT ISSUE.

>>Yunji: WHAT IS YOUR OPINION?

SHOULD HPD COOPERATE ARE IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT.

>> >> BEEN DOING THIS ALMOST 35 YEARS THREE STATES NOW.

FIRST FIVE IN FLORIDA.

27 IN NEW JERSEY.

AND THEN 3 IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

AND NEW JERSEY THERE WAS A DIRECTIVE FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.

CHIEF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.

WE WERE NOT TO PAY THE PARTICIPATE IN ICE WHETHER IT WAS RAIDS OR OPERATIONS.

WERE THERE IT THEY CALLED FOR FR ASSISTANCE BECAUSE THERE WAS A SHOOTING OR CRIMES THAT WERE OCCURRED STATE CRIMES.

BUT NO, THIS IS NEVER BEEN AN ISSUE FOR ME.

EVEN WHEN I WAS SOUTH GEORGIA.

WANT DIDN'T PARTICIPATE.

STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT NEVER HAD IN MY OPINION, IN THE AGENCIES THAT I WORKED ACTIVE ROLE OR ANY ROLE ICE OPERATION.

WERE HE WERE THERE IF THEY CALLED US FOR ASSISTANCE.

ANY OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT DET, FBI, NEED ASSISTANCE ONE OF THEIR OFFICERS WAS ASSAULTED OR VIOLENT CRIME OCCURRED OF COURSE.

WE'RE LAW ENFORCEMENT.

WE'RE THERE TO HELP.

WE'RE NOT THERE TO ENFORCE FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAWS.

>>Yunji: I WANT TO ASK YOU SAME QUESTION.

KIND OF DIVING DEEPER INTO WHAT ONE OF THE VIEWERS EMAIL FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROVIDES INCENTIVERS FOR POLICE DEPARTMENTS WE HAVE SEEN THIS AS CROW THE COUNTRY, ACROSS COUNTRY THERE BE MORE MONEY FOR LOCAL POLICE OFFICERS LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS DESPERATELY NEED OR PERHAPS EQUIPMENT OR DIFFERENT VEHICLES, ET CETERA.

WOULD THAT BE TEMPTING F FOR YOU AT THAT TOKIOKA GET THESE GEPT E RESOURCE FORCE THE DEPARTMENT PARTICIPATE IN A RAID IT'S.

>> NOT AT ALL.

I COME FROM SAN FRANCISCO WHEREBY WE DON'T COOPERATE WITH ICE AT ALL.

THAT'S THE ENVIRONMENT THAT I'M USED TO WORKING IN.

U THAT IS RIGHT THING TO DO.

IF I'M SELECTED AS CHIEF, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD WE WELCOME BAC COOPERATING AT AH ICE.

HARD STOP.

I WANT TO ADD BRIEFLY, THAT NOT ONLY WILL I DO THAT, NOT ONLY WILL I NOT DIR DIRECT OUR OFFICERS ALL OF US NOT TO COOPERATE WITH ICE.

QUICKLY HAVE THE COMMUNITY ASSIST ME IN DEVELOPING A POLICY THAT EMPHASIZES TO ALL ARRANGE AND FILE HPD, THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO COOPERATE WITH ICE OR TRAIN ALL OUR MEMBERS ON THIS POLICY SO WE HAVE THEIR BACKS.

DON'T GET THEMSELFS SITUATION WHERE THEY FIND THEM HEAVE SIGHS ATE SCREEN.

THEMSELVES A SCREEN.

VERY CLEAR DIRECT LIVES NO COOPERATION WITH ICE, PROMOTE IMPORTANCE OF EVERYONE REPORTING CRIME.

THEY SHOULD TRUST.

THEY SHOULD WORK WITH US.

WE WANT TO HELP THEM.

IF THEY'RE IMMIGRANT.

AND WE'RE OUT OF THE ICE.

THIRD PART REALLY SHOWCASING HPD, IS TO SHOW HOW DIVERSE WE ARE.

AS A DEPARTMENT.

SO THAT IF YOU SEE SOMEONE THAT LOOKS LIKE YOU, OR MAY BE FROM THE SAME COUNTRY YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE COMING TO US AND REPORTING CRIME.

SO THAT IS MY PLAN FOR THAT.

LASTLY WANT TO CLARIFY, IF IT'S ATF AND GUNS, WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM.

IF IT'S FBI, INVESTIGATION, OF COURSE, WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM.

DEA AND NARCOTICS WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM.

IF IT'S ICE, WE'RE NOT WORKING WITH THEM.

>>Yunji: GO TRANSPARENCY NOW.

WE WANT TO POWER THROUGH SOME OF THESE.

ASK YOU TO KEEP YOUR RESPONSE A LITTLE BIT BRIEF JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MUCH WE WERE ENGAGEMENT.

THANK YOU TO THOSE OF US WRITING IN.

START WITH YOU, SEVERAL HIGH PROFILE CASES INVOLVING HPD OFFICERS HAVE SET A NEGATIVE REPUTATION IN THE COMMUNITY.

NOT LEAST OF WHICH WHAT'S OUR POLICE CHIEF NOW BEHIND BARS.

HOW WILL YOU ENSURE YOUR OFFICERS ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE HIGHEST STAN STARTED SET FORTH BY DEPARTMENT AND HELP IMPROVE COMMUNITY TRUST.

ALWAYS QUESTIONS ABOUT TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

HOW DO WE REALLY GET THAT?

HOW DO WE ACHIEVE THAT?

>> FIRST COMES FROM THE TOP.

CHIEF MY JOB WOULD BE TO COMMUNICATE TO THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT WE'RE GOING TO BE DEPARTMENT THAT IS ACCOUNTABLE, WE'RE GOING TO ENGAGE IN CONSTITUTIONAL POLICING, BE ETHICAL, WE WILL BE TRANSPARENT, AN ABOVE ALL, HAVE INTEGRITY.

THAT IS GOING TO BE THE MESSAGE FOR ME AND GOING TO MAKE ITS WAY ALL THE WAY DOWN.

I'M GOING H VERY CONSISTENT.

NOT NEGOTIABLE WAY WE'LL OPERATE A ACE AS A DEPARTMENT.

PART OF TRANSPARENCY ALL OF MY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, I'M USED TO BEING VERY TRANSPARENT.

WE COMMUNICATE WITH PUBLIC.

WE ASK THEM, WORK ON BUILDING TRUST WITH THEM.

WE ASK THEM ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES HELP US SOLVE CRIME.

HELP WITH PROBLEM SOLVING.

WHEN THERE'S AN ISSUE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

ASK THEM TO COME IN AND BUILD POLICY.

WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY COME IN AND BE ON ADVISORY BOARDS.

WHICH COMMUNICATE WITH THEM CONSTANTLY.

SO AS COFFEE I WOULD BE COMMUNICATING CHIEF.

CON COMMUTING CONSTANTLY COMMUNCOMMUNICATE CONSTANTLY.

THROUGH THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT.

>>Yunji: HOW DO YOU CAN CHIEF TRUE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT.

>> FOUR YEAR AGO WHEN IN RAY, I WANTED TO BRING DISCIPLINARY MITT TRICKS.

WHEN I RAN NEW YORK MODEL, PRESET.

MATRIX, SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY.

AND THAT IS TRUE TRANSPARENCY.

IN OTHER WORDS DOCUMENT THAT SAYS IF OFFICERS DOES THIS, THIS IS THE PRESUMPTIVE PENALTY.

WAY FOR AGGRAVATED OR MITIGATED DEPENDING, SOME CIRCUMSTANCES ARE LITTLE WORSE THAN OTHERS.

SOME A LITTLE LESS.

AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I COULDN'T DO AT HPD.

EVEN CHIEF LOGAN CAME ON, TRIED TO PITCH IN WEREN'T INTERESTED BECAUSE THE CURRENT COMMAND, KIND OF LIKE TO HAVE CONTROL OVER OUTCOMES OF DISCIPLINE.

I FELT LIKE THAT IS UNFATHER AND SOMETHING UNFAIR HURTING MORAL WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.

HAVING INCONSISTENT DISCIPLINE OUTCOMES DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO GET A DAY OR TEN DAYS, AND IT'S REALLY HURTS MORALE.

IS THIS GOING TO BE A BIG DEAL?

LOOK FOR ANOTHER JOB?

WHEN I CREATE DISCIPLINE MAY TRIRKS CREATED IN DLE.

>> HAD THE CHANCE TO LEAD NOW.

MATRIX, WE'RE ACTUALLY FINAL PHASED, ALREADY HAD, LIEUTENANTS BEGIN TO LOOK AT IT, ALL ADMINISTRATORS HAVE LOOKED AT THE IT.

ACTUALLY WE'RE NOT PHASESES OF GOING TO DO MEET AND CONFER, TO HAVE UNION LOOK AT IT.

ONCE I GO IT THAT DOCUMENT FOR THE DLE, I'M ACTUALLY LIKE 95% THERE BECAUSE VERY EASY TO CONVERT THAT DOCUMENT FOR HPD.

BECAUSE LOCAL LAWS ARE THE SAME.

LABOR LOU LAWS ARE RELATIVELY SIMILAR BETWEEN BARGAINING 14 AND 12.

SO I BELIEVE THAT THE DISCIPLINARY MATRIX WILL BRING CLARITY INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY.

ALLOW STAKEHOLDERS.

RELEASE THE DOCUMENTS SAYING, RUDE OFFICER RESULT IN X AMOUNT OF DAYS.

IF SOMEBODY SAYS I FEEL THAT'S LOW.

TALK ABOUT IT.

WHAT NUMBER THAT YOU GUYS FEEL IS ACCEPTABLE?

WITHOUT SELLING OUT MY OFFICER.

WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE NUMBER?

THAT YOU GUYS FEEL IS FAIR?

WE'LL WORK WITH THE COMMISSION.

WORK AT COUNCILMEMBERS.

WORK AT THE OFFICERS.

TO FIND THAT NUMBER.

BEAUTY ABOUT THIS DISCIPLINARY MATRIX FACT THAT I'M SEEING A TREND IN BAD HABIT, WHAT I'LL DO SUBSEQUENT RELEASE AND NOT GOING TO CHANGE IT EVERY MONTH.

SOMETHING THAT WILL HAPPEN PERIODICALLY.

HAVEN'T DECIDED IF IT ANNUALLY EVERY OTHER YEAR.

ER SEEING A TREND, WITH OFFICERS SHOWING UP LATE, I MAY INCREASE THAT DISCIPLINARY MATRIX TO KIND OF SEND A MESSAGE WE'RE HAVING A BE PROBLEM LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

NOW IT'S GETTING MORE SERIOUS.

NOW KIND HAPPENS THAT DOCUMENT IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE ON WHERE I STAND ON ISSUES WHAT THE LIKELY OUTCOMES.

I BI BELIEVE BRING MORE CONSISTENCY AND CLARITY.

FOUR YEARS AGO, ALLOW WIN ARBITRATION BECAUSE ALREADY PRESET PRIOR TO THE OFFICER MAKING THAT DECISION.

>>Yunji: WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY AND HOW WE REALLY BOOST IN A IN THE DEPARTMENT?

>> SURE.

TOUCH ON WHAT MIKE SAID.

I'M VERY FAMILIAR W WITH IN.

YPD NEXTDOOR IN NEW JERSEY.

OUR OWN P PRESUMPTIVE GUIDE.

GUIDE RAILS CERTAIN ALLEGATION.

DOESN'T POSSIBLE EVERYTHING.

EL TOO MANY VARIABLES THAT THAN HAPPEN GIVES CHIEF ATTITUDE BECAUSE WHETHER IT'S PAST PERFORMANCE, PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINE.

YOU NAME IT, MULTITUDE OF HOW SERIOUS THINGS IS.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT IS FIXERFIXEVERYTHING HELPS HAVING GUARDRAILS.

I'M NOT FAMILIAR WHAT HPD DOES.

WHAT I MAKE SURE I WOULD BRING IN SIMILAR TO THAT TOUCH UPON TRARNS PAIRNS.

NEEDS INTERNALLY TO BELIEVE THAT ARE THE OFFICERS BUT ALSO EXTERNALLY.

IS THE AGENT PROFESSIONAL.

>> IS IT TRANSPARENT?

IS IT TRUSTED?

, CAN WE HONESTLY INTERNAL LINDA EXTERNALLY PUBLIC RELIEF BLEEF IT'S THAT ABOUT HPD?

DIDN'T BELIEVE IN GLYNN COUNTY MET WITH THE MEDIA LIKE YOURSELVES INTRODUCED MYSELF, I HIRED PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER TECHNICALLY FOR EVERY DAY AND I TOLD THEM MEDIA YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM US GOOD THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON.

ER BAD THINGS THAT OCCUR, AND WHAT WE'RE IMPROVING ON AND EVERY DAY YOU'LL BE NOTIFIED OF THINGS.

CONTACT THEM, TERMINATING OFFICER INVOLVED IN DOE AM D DOC AND INTERNAL BY THE TIME I LEFT PUBLIC TRUST GONE UP.

OFFICERS KNEW WE WERE GOING TO ADVISE THEM WHAT'S GOING ON.

NEED HAVE CLEAR EXPECTATIONS TELL THEM THE WHY.

BIGGEST PROBLEM LAW ENFORCEMENT.

NOT COUNCI CLEAR IN COMMANDERS.

HOW I LEAD.

TRUST, TRANSPARENCY PROFESSIONAL IMPLE AND ALWAYS BEING TRNS PARENT RNTD A OPEN WITH PICK WELL-BEING AND WITH YOUR OFFICERS.

TRANSPARENT.

HIGHHAD I ANSWER DENTVIDEO RECOT HIS POSTED ID SOCIAL MEDIA, OF HIM TAKING BLACK MALE HOMELESS MAN TO THE GROUND PRETTY VIOLENTLY.

I GET CALLED IMMEDIATELY.

IT TAKES LEGS QUICKLY O WHEN I INVESTIGATE IT AND CON TADGED POWERS THAT BE CONTACTED POWERS THAT BE, COMMISSIONER MEDIA CONTACTED THEM.

WE'RE GOING TO BEING ALOHA LOOK.

LOOK AT THE VIDEO, TRYING TO GET THE INDIVIDUAL OUT OF INTERSECTION.

HE WAS ASSAULTED AND LAST TIME HE WAS ASSAULTED INDIVIDUAL TRYING TO GRAB HIS BEPPU WEAPON DID WHAT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO TOLD OFFICER BROUGHT HIM IN WE'RE LOOKING INTO IT.

IF YOU DIDN'T IT DO ANYTHING WRONG, DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

HAVE MY SUPPORT.

CONTACT MEDIA THIS IS ACTUALLY GOOD USE OF FORCE.

HE DID WHAT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO.

USED MINIMUM AMOUNT OF FORCE OVERCOME IT AND I SENT HIM THE VIDEO.

>>Yunji: LET'S GET INTO MORE OF THESE QUESTIONS.

SO MANY.

ACTUAL WH R WANT TO GET ONE-ON-ONE.

DARIUS FOR WATCHING TONIGHT.

WE KNOW THAT, TALK A LOT ABOUT VIOLENT CRIME.

ONE OF THE OF MAIN THINGS THAT OFFICERS DO IS TRACK SAFETY.

AND HERE IN HONOLULU, LAST YEAR, WE HAD OVER QUEEN EMMA WEM W OVERWHELMING TRAFFIC FAYEE FACILITIES.

WHAT PLANS DO YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE ROADS SAFER FOR MODE REST REST AND PEDESTRIANS?

RIGHT NOW IN HONOLULUER 14 FATALITIES, THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE NUMBER.

THE WAY THAT I LOOK AT IT IS THAT WE HAVE TO GET TO WHAT I CALL VISION, WHERE I COME FROM, VISION ZERO.

REALLY HAVING A GOAL THAT WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, TRY TO GET FATALITIES TO ZERO.

ON ISLAND OF OAHU.

AND HONOLULU.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC, IT'S THE THREE'S.

EDUCATION, ENFORCEMENT AND ENGINEERING.

RIGHT NOW HONOLULU POLICE DEPARTMENT IS DOING A GOOD JOB ON EDUCATION.

HAVE THE SAFER ROADS TO TOGETHER AND OFFICERS IN THE COMMUNITY.

THIS IS GOOD EXAMPLE OF A PARTNERSHIP WORKING TOGETHER.

BUT THERE ARE COUPLE THINGS THAT ARE MI MISSING.

WE NEED DATA.

WE NEED DATA TO KNOW WHERE ARE OUR HIGH I AM HIGHWAY IMPACT CORRIDORS WE DO ENFORCEMENT.

FOCUS ON THE FIVE.

ALSO COMING FROM MY CITY.

WE FOCUS ON THE TOP FIVE VIOLATIONS THAT CAUSEETH COLLISION.

FOCUS ON THE TOP FIVE LOCATIONS WHERE THE COLLISIONS ARE OCCURRING.

OFFICERS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO DO VERY STRATEGIC AND SPECIFIC ENFORCEMENT AROUND THE PREVENTION OF FATALITYINGS.

RIGHT NOW, YOU HAVE ABOUT HALF OF THEM PEDESTRIANS, THAT ARE CROSSING STREET, JAY WALK.

OTHER HALF ARE IN VEHICLES.

SPEEDING.

ONE MOTORCYCLIST, PROBABLY DRUNK DRIVER INVOLVED.

REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON THAT.

THE OTHER ETHNIC THING SEE WHAS HAPPENING IN HONOLULU.

ENGINEERING PART I'M N CONVINCED, OFFICERS OUT WITH THE COMMUNITY SIGNS SAYING SAFER ROAD TOGETHER.

IN BACKDROP SEE 'CROSSWALK ALL WORN OUT AN HASN'T BEEN PAINED OR PAINED OVER.

DON'T SEE FLASHING LIGHTS GIVE A PEDESTRIAN OPPORTUNITY TO CROSS.

PAINTED OVER.

IF I'M SELECTED AS CHIEF, WE NEED TO MOVE QUICKLY, ON STRATEGIC ENFORCEMENT.

WE NEED TO USE DATA TO DRIVE THE DECISIONS WHAT WE DO.

WE NEED TO BE VERY SPECIFIC GIVE OUR OFFICERS A MISSION.

NEED TO WORK WITH T THE CITY ENENGINEERING CONTINUE EDUCATION EFFORTS BEYOND SAFER ROADS TOGETHER.

>>Yunji: WHAT DO YOU THINK WE COULD DO TO MAKE IT SAFER FOR PEDESTRIANS AND DRIVERS IN OUR CITY.

QUITE A FEW THINGS.

MOSTLY NEED TO USE DATA AND TECHNOLOGY.

WE'RE DOWN 460 OFFICERS.

I SAY WE ALL VYING FOR THE SAME POSITION.

SO I WOULD IMAGINE THERE'S LESS OFFICERS OUT THERE THAT NORMALLY PATROLLING AND DOING TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT.

WHERE ARE THE CRASHES TAKING PLACE?

WHAT TIME OF DAY?

WHAT DAY A WEEK?

AND THEN YOU ANALYZE WHERE IT TAKES PLACE.

YOU USE TRAFFIC ANALYST.

USE DATA.

AND YOU LOOK AT IT.

IS THE LIGHTING OFF?

IS IT TRAFFIC SIGNAL?

ARE WE NOT ENFORCING LIKE IF IT'S A JAW WALKER OR SOMEONE CUTTING THROUGH TRAFFIC?

NOT WEARING HELMET.

DON'T HAVE TO IS THAT WHAT'S CONTRIBUTING TO IT?

WHO IS AT FAULT HAVE TO LOOK ALL OF THINGS.

TAILOR YOUR ENFORCEMENT AND OFFICERS WE CAN ASSIGN TO DATE AND TIMES FEEL THERE'S A LIKELY LIKELY HOOD WE CAN PREVENT THEM.

ALSO EDUCATION EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY WHERE THE FATALITIES ARE HAPPENING, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE SHOULD KEEP TO OURSELF.

SHOULD BE POSTING THIS AND TELLING THEM GOING HOA MEETINGS NEIGHBORHOOD FUNCTIONS RISE IN FATALITIES HERE.

WHY WE CAN EXPLAIN TO THEM THE ONES THAT OCCURRED IN THEIR AREA.

THEY CAN HELP US TELL US WHERE THIS MIGHT BE HAPPENING AS WELL AND WE CAN HE FORCE IT EVEN MORE.

BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ENFORCEMENT CAN'T ENFORCE YOUR WAY OUT OF PREVENTING FATALS CAN REDUCE IT AND YOU CAN EDUCATE COMMUNITY ARE U AND BE PO PUBLIC DOING ININTOXICATED ID DRIVES ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE.

MANY WAYS DOING IT.

IT HAS TO BE CONCERTED EFFORT AND HAS TO BE WHOLE DEPARTMENT THAT IS WILLING TO WORK IT AND THERE'S PLENTY OFFICERS THAT WOULD LOVE TO VOLUNTEER IN DAY OFF DO SOME TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT.

IF YOU SAVE A LIFE.

>>Yunji: WHEN YOU WERE AT THE DLE WE KNOW THAT YOU ALSO TASKED YOURS OFFICERS DOING TRAFFIC EN FODGES ENFORCEMENT RED LIGHT CAMERAS PUTTING IN ROUNDABOUTS AND SPIED HUMP WHAT IS ARE WE MISSING.

>> ENFORCEMENT PIECE COMING FROM THE STATE, GREAT EVALUATION SHOIP WITH DIRECTOR SNIFFEN AND UNIQUE BECAUSE, STATE ROAD AND COUNTY ROADS, YOU HAVE TO RELATIONSHIP WITH BOTH CITY, DTS, DIRECTOR AS WELL AS STATE D.O.T.

DIRECTOR.

AND I HAVE BOTH.

A LOT OF THESE THINGS ARE DATA DRIVEN.

I TALKED TO ED REGULARLY.

I KNOW THEY'RE NOT EVERYBODY LIKES THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS BUT UATAN PRESENTATION PRESENTIG WITH ED, SHARED DATA HOW MUCH REDUCED CRASHES.

OF COURSE, IF YOU REDUCE CRASHES NATURALLY HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO HE ROA INTRINHE ROA REDUCEGIRTS AND FA.

REDUCE INJURIES AND FATALITIES.

EDUCATE ADOPT ATOLL GET OUT THERE ANN ENRICHMENT FORCE.

ADOPT TECHNOLOGY.

AND ENFORCE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS NOT TRYING TO P PUNISH THEM TRYING TO MAKE IT SAFER FOR THEM RIGHT NOW.

BY HE IS HINDRANCE EXPANSION RED LIGHT CAMERAS ABILITY TO, GOLD REVIEW THOSE PARTICULARS BY AN OFFICER SEND THEM OUT.

THOSE TICKE TICKET SO MANY COMIN CAN'T PROCESS THEM QUICK ENOUGH.

ONE THING WORK ON WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT CREATING TECHNOLOGY ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.

UNSWORN MEANING THAT WE CAN JUST KIND OF GO WITH THE BASICS OF TRAINING, DON'T HAVE GUNS WHATNOT.

IT WHAT THEY ARE ABLE TO DO IS TESTIFY IN COURT TO THE TRAFFIC CAMERA PHOTO.

REALLY IT'S SIMPLE.

JUST BASICALLY CAR IS PASSED LINE.

AND IT'S S SHOD TYPE THINGS YOU HAVE COME UP WITH CREATE UNSWORN POSITIONS TO GET GUNS ON THE ROAD.

HPD OFFICERS HAVE TO DO THAT WHEN THEY SHOULD BE OUT PATROL.

HAVE TO BE CREATIVE.

CREATE A DIFFERENT CLASS OF OFFICER.

TO TAKE ON THESE ROLL ROLE ROLES TEDIOUSAND GET PEOPLE N M GATHERED TOWARDS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT IT MOANALUA HIGH SCHOOL LEADERSHIP CAMP.

AND THERE'S THREE TEO OFFICERS.

TO TAUPES.

OTYPES ONES TRAFFICCAMERA 2 AND, MONITORING, TRAFFIC CENTER CENTS THIRD ONECY DRONE.

GET CREATIVE.

WE CANNOT DO HAVE OFFICERS, LOCKED IN A CUBICLE DEALING WITH THESE THINGS.

NEED THEM TO GET ON THE ROAD AND BE CREATIVE WITH OUR WORKFORCE.

>>Yunji: SPEAKS OF WORKFORCE.

>> THREE QUESTIONS HERE.

ALL ABOUT 911 CALLS.

THIS ONE SAYING IF ANY GIVEN TIME, DURING THE DAY CALL 911, NOT EMERGENCY.

LINE.

BE HOLD FOR FIVE TO 15 MINUTES.

WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO FIX THAT COUPLE OF THOSE.

YOU TALKED ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT IS NOT JUST OFFICERS ON PATROL.

ALSO THE OTHER STAFF THAT IS SUPPORTS THEM.

911 IS A HUGE PART OF THAT.

HO DO WE D DEAL WITH IN?

CALLERS ARE RIGHT.

IF YOU WAIT FOR 15 MINUTES GOGOING TO HANG UP UER HANG UP.

KIND OF LIKE, THIS CYCLE.

IN OTHER WORDS, I TRY TO CALL LAST TIME.

COULDN'T GET IN.

I TRIED CALL IN AGAIN MANY COULDN'T GET IT.

SOMETIMES PEOPLE GIVE UP.

WHAT WE'RE NOT GETTING IS DATA ROARD RAREGARDS TO THINGS OCCURG I DON'T WANT TO CALL I DON'T HAVE TIME.

POLICE COMMUNICATION OFFICERS THEY WORK HARD.

AND WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO INCENTIVIZE TO GET MORE OF THEM OAR BOARD.

I HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IN COMMUNICATION.

BUT I REALLY LIKE TO SIT DOWN WITH THEM AND SAY, HEY, GUYS WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES IT HARD TO RECRUIT.

POLICE COMMUNICATION OFFICERS.

THEY'VE DONE EVERY INSIN TOUGH TO SHOW INCENTIVE TO SHOW THEM THE VALUE OF THEIR JOB, HAVE ALL OF THESE, FINANCIAL INCENTIVES.

BUT WE GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE MANEUVER THIS BETTER.

DO WE HAVE TO INCREASE OUR PIECE APP CAPABILITY?

PUBLIC SAFETY ACTION POINT.

DO VERY TO INCREASE THAT?

HOW IS IT THAT PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR 15 MINUTES?

CAN WE DO AUTOMATED AI?

THAT'S IS SOMETHING THAT'S POSSIBLE.

WE HAVE TO JUST TRY TO LOOK AT THAT ISSUE AND WORK IT THROUGH.

I HAD A NIECE HER CAR WAS HIT AND RUN, AND SHE WAITED AN HOUR.

SO BY THE TIME THE COPS CAME, BASICALLY IT WAS LONG OVER.

SO JUST MATTER OF FIGURE THAT OUT.

REALLY DOES HURT PUBLIC TRUST AND YOU DON'T WANT TO BLAME THE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICERS, YOU DON'T TO BLAME PATROL OFFICERS.

YOU KNOW WHOSE FAULT THAT?

CHIEF'S FAULT.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, EVERYTHING THAT FAILS IN THAT AGENCY, IS THE CHIEF'S FAULT.

AND MY CAREER HAS SHOWN THAT IF THE COMMUNITY IS NOT HAPPY WITH THE SERVICE, I DON'T BLAME ANYBODY.

I SAY, THAT IS MY FAULT.

THAT IS MY FAILURE.

AND I'M GOING TO FIX IT.

>>Yunji: WHAT DO WE DO PEOPLE WAITING ON FOR 15 MINUTES ON HE HOLD FOR 911?

IRCHLT JUST SAY THIS WE NEED TO VA CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF I'M FROM PROFESSIONAL STAFF.

WE NEED TO VALUE THEM.

TALKED EARLIER ABOUT RECRUITMENT DIDN'T MENTION, IN THAT RECRUITMENT UNIT WOULD BE CIVILIAN STAFF.

THEIR JOB WOULD BE TO BE, TO RECRUIT CIVILIANS FOR THE CIVILIAN VACANCIES THAT ARE IN HPD.

THE 911 JOB IS A CRITICAL JOB.

HARD JOB.

I KNOW BECAUSE I WAS A DISTANT DISPATCHER BUSINESS PATCHER IN THE SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT POLICE.

MOTOR WAS A DISPATCHER 3 IS YEARS.

TOUGH JOB.

31 YEARS.

TELLS ME NOT ENOUGH DISPATCHERS DO THE WORK WHERE WE HAVE TO HIRE ENOUGH DISPATCHERS TO ANSWER THE CALL.

IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE THAT ANYBODY IS ON HOLD ON 911.

IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE THAT ANYONE IS ON ANY LENGTHY HOLD ON THE NONEMERGENCY.

I PLAN RIGHT AWAY AS PART OF THE LISTENING TOURS, GOING THROUGH ENTIRE DEPARTMENT, IF I'M SELECTED, ONE OF MY FIRST STOPS IS GOING TO BE AT THE 911 CENTER.

TO DO JUST WHAT MIKE HERE HAS SAID.

LISTEN TO THEIR CONCERNS.

LISTEN BO HE THIS FEEL THEY NEED.

RECIPROCAL BTO BE TO BE SUCCESS.

THIS IS NOT SUNG SEASESFUL.

FIRST LINE SUCCESSFUL.

FIRST LINE OF CITY GOVERNMENT.

FIRST MADE TO THE PUBLIC.

NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.

NEEDS TO WELLNESS.

TOUGH JOB ANSWER THOSE QUESTION U CALLS ON TIME AND GET TO THOSE CALLS HE HAVE A STAFFING PROBLEM WE NEED TO WORK ON IT.

>>Yunji: YOUR THOUGHTS?

, ABSOLUTELY.

WAITING 15 MINUTES CALL LAW ENFORCEMENT POLICE, ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY IS JUST UNACCEPTABLE.

IT'S NOT PROFESSIONAL.

I THINK YOU WOULD AGREE AND SO WOULD EVERYBODY WATCHING US SAY IT'S NOT PROFESSIONAL.

DISPATCHER'S FAULT?

NOT IF THEY'RE UNSTAFFED.

GREAT IT UNSTAFFED.

GREAT U PIPELINE BRING IN DISPATCHERS 18, 19, 20 AREAS LOCAL AREAS HIGH SCHOOL AND RECRUIT AND COME THERE, DAVID DID, GREAT WAY OF BRINGING THEM INTO LAW ENFORCEMENT.

A LOT OF THEM WILL START THERE AND WANT TO CONTINUE OR FIND A HOME THERE AND ACTUALLY HAVE A GREAT APTITUDE.

STRESSFUL JOB ALSO TECHNOLOGY OUT THERE.

THERE'S TECHNOLOGY THAT WE CAN I DON'T KNOW HOW HOLD CATTLE RMS SYSTEM HERE I BET IT'S PRETTY OLD.

UPDATED ONE MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT HOW WE CAN ADDRESS ESPIONAGE EMERGENCY CALLS AND APPS PUT IT THOUGHT O THE PUBLIC AND IT GO THROUGH.

WITH AI AND SORT THROUGH, DID CALL THE NONEMERGENCY NUMBER.

THIS IS MORE OF AN EMERGENCY WE NEED TO GET THIS OUT TO OFFICERS AS MORE EFFICIENT MANNER.

SO I WOULD DO ALL THREE.

>>Yunji: THERE'S A LOT OF SUBJECT MATTER QUESTIONS HERE.

THERE ARE SOME ALSO SORT OF PERSONAL QUESTIONS THAT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT.

START WITH YOU.

HOW DOES EACH ENVISION MAKING POLICE WORK ENJOYABLE OBJECTIVES DEAL WITH LAWMAKERS.

WHAT IS THE FUN OF BEING POLICE OFFICERS AND HOW DO YOU BROADCAST THAT TO THE PUBLIC.

THIS JOB IS NOT JUST A JOB.

I CAN PROBABLY SPEAK THOOR FOR E TWO GENTLEMEN.

WE'RE NOT IN IT FOR THE MONEY.

IT'S A CALLING NOBLE PROFESSION.

LED TO THIS AS A YOUNG PERSON WANTED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN MY COMMUNITY.

I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING THAT WAS GREATER THAN MYSELF.

I WANTED TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE HELP PEOPLE.

AND MAKE A DINNERS IN PEOPLE'S LIVES.

DIFFERENCE A. I WAS ABLE TO DO THAT AS A NONSWORN MEMBER AND A SWORN EMAEMMEMBER SAN FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

PROMOTE YOUNG PEOPLE MAKE DIFFERENCE AND HELPING PEOPLE FOR THE GREATER GOOD AND SHOW THEM WHAT THE NOBILITY OF POLICING REALLY MEANS.

AND HOW MUCH SATISFACTION YOU GET OUT OF HELPING PEOPLE.

THAT IS OUR MESSAGE.

>>Yunji: WE ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?

SURE.

HOW DOES FINALIST ENVISION MAKING POLICE WORK ENJOYABLE WHEN IT'S OBJECTIVE IS TO DEAL WITH LAW BREAK.

TOUGH JOB.

SO HOW DO YOU, LAWBREAKERS HOW DO YOU MAKE IT ENJOYABLE AND WHICH OBVIOUSLY WOULD HELP RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION AS WELL?

>> I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, WHEN I OFFICER PATROL IT WAS EENJOYABLE.

IN A DIFFERENT TIME.

COMMUNITY TRUSTED US.

WE ARE IN A TIME WHERE OUR LEADERSHIP WAS SOLID.

AND PEOPLE AGAIN, VERY TOP, CAME IN UNDER CHIEF DAWN HUGH LEGEND IN THIS TIME.

DONAHUE.

STRENGTH, BUT HE APPROACHABLE.

ONE THING I FELT GOOD ABOUT CHIEF DONAHUE ALWAYS IMMEDIATE US FEEL LIKE HE MADE US FEEL LIKE HE CARED.

YOU KNEW FORGIVENESS WHEN HE MADE MISTAKES.

THAT'S WHAT I CAME IN WHEN I CAME IN.

IT WAS A GREAT JOB.

AND I TALKED ABOUT IT IN ANOTHER MEDIA ARTICLE.

THERE'S A LITTLE THINGS.

WHEN MY CAR WAS ALBEIT UP, THAT'S NOT ENJOYABLE.

AIR CAR BRAND NEW THAT WAS ENJOYABLE.

FIRST GOT IN, HEY MIKE HOW IS IT BEING A COP?

IT'S THE BOMBMENT SO GREAT.

TO OTHER GENTLEMEN ARE SAYING, YOU BECOME BEST RECRUITER.

I GOT TO BE HONEST AROUND 15 YEAR MARK, GO TO FAMILY PARTIES, WELL, YOU KNOW,, REALLY WHAT IT WAS IS THAT WE STARTED TO LOSE WHO WE ARE AND STARTED TO LOSE SOME PUBLIC TRUST BECAUSE WE STARTED TO IT TRY TO BE EVERYBODY ELSE.

INSTEAD OF DOING WHAT HE DO GOOD.

THE REALITY IS THE SAD PART OF ALL THINGS THAT IS CHALLENGING HPD HAS BEEN WRITTEN ON OUR CART WHOLE TIME.

INTEGRITY, RESPECT FAIRNESS.

HAVE TO GET BACK TO THE BASICS.

GET BACK TO A TIME THE COMMUNITY LOVED US.

AND ACTUALLY, THERE WAS A TIME WHERE THIS JOB WAS SO ENJOYABLE, THIS YOU WOULD SEE FRIENDS OF FRIENDS AN FRIENDS.

MY GENERATION, THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE CLASSMATES FROM HIGH SCHOOL.

PLAYED SPORTS TOGETHER.

BECAUSE THEY ALL RECRUITED EACH OTHER.

SUCH A GREAT TIME.

SUCH A GREAT THING TO HAVE THAT GOING FROM A CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE, ADULT EXPERIENCE, AND REALLY, WHAT IT IS THAT AS CHIEF OF POLICE, I NEED TO TAKE CARE OF MY GUYS.

I NEED TO KNOW THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT I GOT THEIR BACK.

PEOPLE MAKE MISTAKES I'M NOT GOING TO FOR SAKE THEM.

THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE UNFORGIVABLE.

THAT WE JUST CAN'T OVERLOOK.

BUT THEY GOT TO KNOW THAT I GOT THEIR BACKS.

I HAVE THEIR BACK.

AND THIS REALLY IS, IT'S A GREAT JOB.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY OTHER JOB THAT MY PARENTS WOULD HAVE BEEN AS PROUD AS AS MY GRANDMA.

EVERYBODY IS PROUD OF YOU.

AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THERE'S NO AMOUNT OF MONEY YOU CAN PUT ON THAT.

THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO DO.

>>Yunji: HOW DO YOU MAKE IT POLICE WORK ENJOYABLE WHEN THE OBJECTIVE IS TO DEALING WITH LAW BREAKERS WE KNOW SUCH A TOUGH PROFESSION.

>> NOT ALWAYS LAWBREAKER.

BEST DAYS EVER HAD YOU CAN HELP A CHILD OR PLAY BALL WITH THEM ON THE SIDE OF ROAD AND LOOK UP TO YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE IN I'M UNIFORM RELATE TO YOU REGULAR PERSON LIVES IN THEIR COMMUNITY I KNEW EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED TO BE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT IS YOU 11 YEARS OLD FAMILY MEMBER VICKY OF CRIME I CARRY WITH U VICTIM OF CRIME.

TAKING A REPORT.

>> THEY NEED TO KNOW WE CARE.

BEING ENGINE GAIRNLGD OPEN AND HONEST AND LETTING PEOPLE KNOW YOU'RE THERE TO HELP THEM.

ENGAGED WE MUTT PUT THEIR NEEDS BEFORE OUR OWN.

FAMILIES NIGHTS WEEKENDS HOLIDAYS, GRADUATION UNFORTUNATELY, CHRISTMAS.

NEW YEAR'S DOWN THE LINE.

ALSO CREATE THINGS TO SHOWCASE YOUR OFFICERS BECAUSE, THEIR STORIES OF WHY THEY ENTERED IN THIS PROAFERTION ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

PROFESSION.

AGAIN COUNTY CREATED CITIZENS ACADEMY.

SEE THEM COME OUT OF THE THEIR SHELL OFFICERS THAT REALLY DIDN'T LIKE TALK AS MUCH WERE SO PROUD TO THEM HELM WHAT HELMM WHAT THEY DO AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY.

PATROL, INVESTIGATIONS, CANINE OR SWAT TEAM.

AND WE DID THE SAME THING WITH YOUTH ACADEMY.

EVERY SUMMER HOSTED YOUTH ACADEMY WHERE WE CAN GET THOSE TEENAGERS IN THERE AND A OFFICERS COULD DO PHYSICAL FITNESS WITH.

SHOWCASE REQUEST WHY THEY JOINED LAW ENFORCEMENT.

PIPELINE FOR YOU.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO THIS WHEN YOU GET OLDER OR SOME OTHER TIME OF PUBLIC SERVICE.

AND IF YOU DO THAT, EACH INTERACTION HAS TO BE POSITIVE ONE.

THAT'S WHAT I ALWAYS WILL GO AROUND CHIEF, NOT BEHIND DESK TALKING TO THE OFFICERS SAYING, I NEED YOU TO MAKE EVERY INTERACTION AS IF THAT'S THE FIRST TIME THEY EVER INT ABLGHTDED WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND MAKE IT A POSITIVE ONE.

INTERACTED WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT.

>>Yunji: QUESTIONS ABOUT HOMELESSNESS, INTERSECTION METAL AND SUBSTANCE USE AND POLICE.

CORE PROGRAM IN CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOOD A ARE SUPPOSED TO HELP RESPOND SPO SOME OF THESE.

>>, LAW ENFORCEMENT IRCHLT FFASUNDERFACES.

SAN FRANCISCO LARGE HOMELESS ISSUE.

A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN THIS AREA.

IN CHARGE OF HOMELESS ISSUE ON AND OFF FOR ARE, LAST 20, 25 YEARS.

ABOUT 22 YEARS AGO, I CREATED WHAT WAS CALLED OPERATION OUTREACH.

THESE WERE SPECIFICALLY TRAINED OFFICERS WHO JOB WAS TO INTERACT A WITH THE HOMELESS, BUILD RAPPORT CONNECT THEM WITH SERVICES CONNECT THEM WITH PROVIDERS AND TO REALLY LOOK AT LAW ENFORCEMENT AS THE LAST RESORT AS A MODEL.

THESE SPECIFICALLY TRAINED OFFICERS WERE SO VERY SUCCESSFUL.

THAT IS WHEN I WAS A LIEUTENANT.

FAST FORWARD TO WHEN I ACE COMMANDER IN 2017.

CREATED HEALTHY STREETS OPERATION CENTER.

THOUGHT IS THAT THIS IS EMERGENCY IN THE CITY.

WE SHOULD STAND UP COMMAND POST WAS WE SHOULD HAVE POLICE COULD LEAD ORGANIZATION OF COMMAND POST BUT IT'S A POLICE LED EFFORT.

IT'S A LED EFFORT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESSNESS AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.

LED BY PUBLIC HEALTH.

LED BY PUBLIC WORKS.

FIRE DEPARTMENT, RESPONDING TO LOW LEVEL MENTAL HEALTH CALLING.

THAT MODEL WORKED.

WE WENT FROM ABOUT 400 ENCAMPMENTS DOWN TO ALMOST NO ENCAMPMENT IT'S IN THE CITY I. CONNECTING PEOPLE TO SERVICES SHELTER, SUBSTANCE ABUSE MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT.

NOW, FAST FORWARD TO ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO.

EN HANDED EVEN MORE.

ENHANCED.

DRUG MARKET AGENCY COORDINATION CENTER.

HAVING A COMMANDER IN CAPTAIN OVERSEEING OFFICERS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEALING WITH HOMELESS UNHOUSED.

THEN GROUP OF OFFICERS DEALING WITH NARCOTICS.

GROUP OF OFFICERS DEALING WITH DRUG USERS.

GREAT MODEL AND YOU'LL SEE SAN FRANCISCO NUMBERS ARE STARTING TO GO DOWN.

IN TERMS OF OPEN AIR DRUG SALES DANGEROUS DRULG DRUG DRUG.

RAPPORT SERVICE PROVIDERS HAVE WITH OFFICERS REALLY WORKS.

AND THOSE OFFICERS TAKE THOSE CALLS OFF THE PLATE OF THE PATROL OFFICE THAT ARE PATROLLING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

IF I'M SLICTDED AS CHIEF, SELECTED AS CHIEF, BASED ON ALL OF MY EXPERIENCE DEALING WITH HOMELESS IN SAN FRANCISCO WE WITH ADOPT SIMILAR MODELS WHERE THE OFFICERS ARE SPECIFICALLY TRAINED CRISIS CENTER INTERVENTION, DE-ESCALATION, DRUG ABUSE MENTAL HEALTH AND THEY ARE CONNECTING INDIVIDUALS TO SERVICE.

THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS THAT AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THERE HAS TO BE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY IN TERMS OF U CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR ON PART OF HOMELESS.

USING DRUGS, SELLING DRUGS, VIOLENT CRIME WE WILL DO ENFORCEMENT.

LEADING FROM THE HEART, WORKING TO HELP PEOPLE, WORKING TO TO CONNECT PEOPLE ENGTS SPES LIQUOR TRAIN SPECIFID OFFICERS.

>>Yunji: ABOUT HOMELESSNESS.

ANDREA WHAT STEPS YOU WOULD TAKE AS CHIEF TO ENSURE THAT OFFICERS ARE PROPOSED PREPPED TO IDENTIFY ADD RESPOND SPO TO SUCH UP STABLE INDIVIDUALS BEFORE ACTIONS RESULTED TO HARM TO MEMBERS OUR ISLAND COMMUNITY, PERSON IS PARTICULARLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE RISE IN INCIDENCE SROELING MENTALLY YOU UNSTABLE INDIVIDUAL AND UNHOUSELESS.

>> TRUE TRAINING EDUCATION WE HAVE TO TRAIN AND EDUCATION WAS O. NEED TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTANDER WHAT IT COMING ACROSS, WE'RE NOT SOCIAL WORKS ASKED TO BE SOCIAL WORKS MANY ENTITLEMENT.

NOT MEDICAL HE PRO I HAD VIEW R PROVIDERS GIVE MEDICAL ATTENTION ON SCENE IF IT'S AN EMERGENCY.

WE CAN'T SOLVE HOMELESSNESS.

UNHOUSED PEOPLE ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT.

WE CAN'T ARREST OUR WAY OUT IT NOR SHOULD WE.

BEST WAY WE CAN DO IS BE DONE U CONDUIT WITH OTHER SERVICE OTHER SYMPTOM AGENCIES COLLABORATIVE PARTNER TO IDENTIFY THEM IT CORESPONDER.

MEDIA CAN IDENTIFY YES I IT NEED THIS KIND OF ASSISTANCE.

GET THEM OUT WE DON'T KNOW WEST OAHU DOE DON'T UNTIL WE GET OUT THERE AND HAVE A TO ASSESS.

JOB MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE, SECURE, AND WE CAN HAVE OTHER PEOPLE COME IN AND ASSIST US AS WELL.

BUT WE'RE THERE IN PARTNER WAS NEM TO CAB COLLABORATE WITH THEM.

NOT A RAE RNOT ARREST NOHO HOM.

NOT CITATION.

NOT REST THEM.

INJURIES SOMEONE, DRUGS IT INVOLVED ASSAULT,.

TAKE LAW ENFORCEMENT STEPS.

>>Yunji: THIS ONE FROM BRYCE IN KANEOHE.

SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED TO YOU.

DURING YOUR TIME AT STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, AS WELL AS HPD, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE CRISIS THAT INTERVENTION CHANGED NARRATIVE WHEN DEALING WITH HOUSELESS AND ME MEN MENTALLY ILLY ILL.

>> HUGE SUPPORT OF CRISIS INTERCEPTION TEAM.

HIGHEST RANKING CIT COORDINATE NURSE STAIR.

DIRECTOR TRYING TO CREATE CTE OFFICE RAN LITTLE BIT OF TIME IN THAT ROLE.

HUGE CHAMPION FOR THAT.

ABLE TO WIN THER ARE, MENTAL HEALTH OF AMERICA HAWAII OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP FROM MY WORK IN CIT.

I HELPED TO CREATE THAT PROGRAM HERE IN HONOLULU.

AND I THINK GETTING PRETTY CLOSEST TO NEARLY 400 OFFICERS BECAUSE OF WHAT I DID HERE IN HONOLULU, I WAS ASKED TO HELP HAWAII COUNTY GET THEIRS GOING.

SO YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'VE HAD OVER 100CIT OFFICERS TRAINED.

IT'S A GAME-CHANGER IN REGARDS TO THE HOW WE TREAT PEOPLE, IMPROVES PUBLIC TRUST BECAUSE WHAT YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IS MISINTERPRET SOMEONE'S CRISIS FOR BEING AGGRESSIVE AND USING UNREASONABLE FORCE OR INAPPROPRIATE FORCE.

OFFICERS LOVE IT WHEN I FIRST START THE TO ENGAGE CIT HAD TO KIND OF VOLUME UNTELL PEOPLE TO SHOW UP TO THESE TRAINING.

WHAT HOOPED OVER TIME, WHAT HAPPENED WAS OVERTIME, WOW, I GET BETTER OUTCOMES.

WHEN I USE THESE LITTLE TRICKS.

LITTLE THINGS THAT ARE TAUGHT IN THE CLASS.

AND OFFICERS STARTED TO HAVE LOWER ILL SUBSTANCES USE YOU HAE FORCE AND BETTER COULD YOU OUTCOMES.

FELT BETTER.

HANDS ON KNEW THE PERSON WAS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL ILLNESS, DIDN'T FEEL GOOD BECAUSE KIND OF NEW THIS PERSON WAS STRUGGLING DIDN'T HAVE THE TOOLS TO COMMUNICATE AND DE-ESCALATE THEM.

FAST FORWARD, ACTUALLY A WAIT LIST.

PEOPLE TRY TO CAN I GET INTO THE CLASS?

AND YOU TALK ABOUT CULTURE CHANGE AND AGENCY.

TALK ABOUT PEOPLE SAYING, I DON'T WANT TO BE A SOCIAL WORKER.

I CAME HERE TO BE AECOM.

TO BE A COP FORCE FORWARD FAST FORWARD NINE YEARS.

EVERYBODY IS ABOUT IT EVERYBODY GETTING IT AND IN REGARDS TO HOMELESS PROGRAMS, HERE, I WELL ADOPTED.

WHAT I'VE DONE.

STARTED THE TO HELP PROGRAM IN 2017.

PAIRED OUTREACH WORKERS AND OFFICERS TOGETHER.

IT WAS SO SUCCESSFUL, WE WOULD GO OUT JOINT OUTREACHES MATCH OUT SHELTERS.

SHELTERS WERE FULL AND WHICH COULDN'T DO ANYTHING.

WITH THE PEOPLE.

I FELT BAD.

WAIT A MINUTE.

I KNOW T THAT ENFORCEMENT IS PLANNED.

TELL OUTREACH WORKER, WHAT ABOUT SUCTION TO BE THEM?

WELL DIDN'T FEEL GOOD TO ME.

SUKS TO BE THEM.

CREATED HOMELESS OUTREACH MAF GENERAL EDUCATION FOR THE UNSHELTERED NAVIGATION UNSHELTERED PROGRAM.

THOUSANDS TO DATE.

LAUNCHED IN 2019, FIRST YEAR SHATTERED RECORDS IN REGARDS TO STREET OUTREACH.

SUBSEQUENT YEARS WEST COAST CITY SAW 10% INCREASE IN HOMELESSNESS, HAWAII STAYED FLAT.

I CAN'T TAKE CREDIT FOR THAT A EN LO.

BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT ALONE.

THAT PROGRAM THAT YEAR I THINK IT WAS A THOUSAND UNIQUE PEOPLE HELPED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

ON AVERAGE OF TEN NIGHTS AROUND 6 HUNDREDS OF THEM ACTUALLY MOVED ON FROM FURTHER INTO THE SYSTEM INTO MORE TRADITION AN SHELTER AN OTHER PROGRAMS.

VERY PROUD OF THAT PROGRAM.

I'M A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT AT IT.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE NATIONAL TRAINING CENTER A IS ASSISTANCE CENTER HAS ACCEPTED ME AS A NATIONAL CONSULTANT.

AND I'M ON THEIR LIST.

WHEN OTHER CITIES ARE STRUGGLING WITH THIS THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND GIVE ME RAY CALL AL AND CONTRACT ME FOR THAT WORK.

>>Yunji: WHAT DO YOU THINK THE POLICE CHIEF'S ROALINGS REPLETION SHIP SHOULD WELCOME BACK THE MAYOR AFTER CITY & COUNTY OF HONOLULU?

RELATIONSHIP.

TLC CONFLICT IN MITIGATION BETWEEN JOE LOGAN AT CITY BECAUSE OF HIS RELATIONSHIP, WITH RICK BLANGIARDI.

WE EACH OF YOU IS GOING TO BE MEETING WITH THE MAYOR AND LOHONOLULU INTERESTING STRUCTURE.

POLICE COMMISSION, RESPONSIBLE TO HIRE THE POLICE CHIEF AND MANAGE THE BUDGET.

BUT OF COURSER HAVE TO WORK HAND IN GLOVE WITH THE MAYOR.

WHAT ARE YOU ARE IN AND OUT THOUGHTS ABOUT, WHAT THAT RELATIONSHIP OUGHT TO BE LIKE?

DO YOU BEING WORK FOR THE MAYOR?

>> OF SORTS HE IS THE CEO OF THE CITY.

SO IT IS A WEIRD WEIRD SETUP.

DOES HE HIRE ADD FIRE YOU DIDN'T REGARD THE MAYOR.

MAYOR VOTED BY THE PEOPLE TO KEEP THAT TEMPERATURE FOR THE CITY.

I'VE BEEN GRATEFULLY CURRENT ROLE TO ATTEND HIS WEEKLY HOMELESS MEETINGS I THE AIRS DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT MAKE THEM OF OF THEM.

STRONG PERSONALITY I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S LIKE.

TELL YOU THAT RIGHT NOW GUY CARES.

SIT IN THOSE MEETINGS.

PREVIOUS LEADERSHIP, KIND OF COME IN AND HI GUYS.

GREAT JOB.

MAYOR WILL SIT THERE WHOLE 90 MINUTES.

AND I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR ETHICS COMMISSION BECAUSE -R HIM HE DOESN'T WANT EXCUSE.

WHY IT DIDN'T BE DONE HE WANTS NO KNOW WHAT HE DOES HE HAVE TO DO IT MAKE IT DONE?

I'M CONFIDENT THAT I RESPECT THAT RELATIONSHIP.

I'M CONFIDENT THAT I CAN HAVE ENOUGH SEPARATION IF WE HAVE A DISAGREEMENT ON SOMETHING, OR WHAT IT SHOULD MOVE FORWARD ON I'LL BE ABLE TO SAY, HEY MARY SEE WAIHEE WANT.

WHAT YOU WANT I'M GOING TO DO THIS FUTURE-PROOFED MOVE FORWARD.

MAYOR MOVE FORWARD.

MAYOR HAS RESPECTED, CHIEF CHIEF OF POLICE IF I'M GOING TO DO DEMAND RESPECT TO HAVE GIVE RESPECT TO SOMEONE IN HIRE 'ROLE.

>> IS WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ROLE.

>> WORK CLOSELY WITH THE MAYOR.

BEEN USED TO WORK SEVERAL MAYORS.

FROM THE CITY THAT I COME FROM.

AND MAYOR TOUGH SPOT BECAUSE HE IS THE HIGHEST 'HE AELECTED IF HE OER FIGURES FOR THE CITY & COUNTY OF HONOLULU.

RESPONSIBLE FOR PUBLIC SAFLT A LOT OF THINGS FALL IN MY SHOP AS CHIEF I NEED TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE MAYOR.

I NEED TO KEEP HIM BRIEFED ON EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING ON.

I NEED TO GIVE HIM, A BE BE RESPONSIVE TO THE THINGS HE'S CAN GO.

ASKS FOR THICK WE NEED TO FOLLOW UP AND MAKE SURE THEY GET DONE.

PUBLIC EXTERNALLY, INTERNALLY DEMONSTRATE WHAT IS LIKE TO WORK AS PARTNERS IN COLLABORATION TO GET TO DONE.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING HIM AND HOPEFULLY GETTING TO WORK WITH HIM.

AND AS MIKE MENTIONED, FOR HIM.

HE HAS TO GET THINGS DONE.

AND HE HAS TO GET THINGS DONE WITH HIS POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND I AS CHIEF WILL MOVE FORWARD ON THOSE IDEAS AND WHAT'S REQUESTED OF ME.

>>Yunji: P GIVEN THE SORT OF CAN COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIP OR THIS MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE OF POLICE CHIEF IN OUR CITY, WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THE RELATIONSHIP AND HOW THAT SHOULD BE, DO YOU SEE POLICE CHIEF AT SOMEONE WORKS FOR THE MAYOR?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

HE'S ELECTED OFFICIAL.

THAT'S WHOTD PUBLIC PUT IN OFFICE.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WAS THAT DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND.

DIFFERENT PERSON GNATTIES I'VE BEEN POLICE ACHIEVER.

PERSONALITY I KNOW IT'S LIKE TO INTERACT WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS COMMERCIALS COUNTY MANAGERS WITH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT HEADS DIFFERENT E'O AGENCIES YOU INTO TIED EVERY DAY HAVE OPEN RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM.

YOU NEED TO EVERY DAY YOU HAVE RESPECTFUL, PROFESSIONAL, WE CAN AGREE TO DISAGREE SOMETIMES AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF I'M BEING ASKED TO DO SOMETHING CITY CON MAYOR UNLESS THEY'RE ASKING ME TO DO SOMETHING ILLEGAL OR UNETHICAL, I'M GOING TO DO WHATEVER I CAN, TO CONTINUE TO BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP AND BE A OPEN WITH THEM THEY'RE GOING TO HOPEFULLY RELY ON MY EXAMPEXAMPLE ER EXPERTISE.

BROUGHT ME IN.

DONE THIS A LONG TIME GIVEN ME OPTIONS WE WORK THIS THROUGH THIS TOGETHER.

AT THE END OF THE DAY MADE THOSE CALLS MIDST OF NIGHT.

2 OR 3:00 IN THE MORNING.

SORRY WOKE UP.

OFFICER IN REALLY BAD CAR ACCIDENT OR ARREST SOMEBODY THROWING SOME NAME US USES OUT ELECT REALER AND OUR JOB, REALM.

NEW GRANT CLEAVINGER SOMETIMES S AREN'T GOOD AT THAT.

CALL MAYOR UP FOR ANYTHING.

NEW CHIEFS.

HAVE BOUNDARY.

WAIT TILL 8 OR 9 IN THE MORNING.

AS OPPOSED TO 1 OR 2.

STATE POLICE OF STAFF, CALL ATTORNEY GENERAL OSSMENTS OR GOVERNOR'S CHIEF OF STAFF TO, CALLING THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OR MAYOR, YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE THAT IF YOU DON'T NAVARRO IT NAE THAT DON'T HAVE THAT COMMUNICATION SKILL NOT GOING TO SURVIVE.

ANY ONE OF US HERER DON'T KEEP THOSE OPEN LINES OF COMMUNICATION WITH CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR, WITH THE COMMISSIONERS, OBVIOUSLY DEPARTMENT ALBERT AHEDO AROUND HERE, ANOTHER AGENCIES DEPARTMENT HEAD IS NOT GOING TO BE SUG SUCCESSFUL YOU NEED THEIR SUPPORT.

>>Yunji: BIG PICTURE QUESTIONS.

WHAT CIRNS YOU CONCERNS YOU MOST ABOUT BEING HONOLULU NEXT POLICE CHIEF.

>> FEW THINGS MAIN THING.

AGENCY LOOK BACK FIVE OR TEN YEARS FROM NOW POSITIVITY RATE ON THE MONSTER HOME.

BELIEVED THAT PIVOT ON THE MOMENT.

BELIEVED THAT.

IT'S WORSE DID NOT GET BETTER WHAT OLD SAYING KEEP DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER EXPECT DIFFERENT RESULT IN ININSANITY.

WHAT'S GOING ON.

FOR YEARS LATER EVERYTHING I TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME PUT INTO PRACTICE.

WWE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE PUT SOMEONE IN PLACE LIKE MYSELF OR ANYONE HERE NOT AFRAID TO DO MAKE HARD DECISIONS BUT ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD IN A STRATEGIC MANNER AND HAVE THE VISION AND PLAN.

RIGHT NOW.

I DON'T SEE IT.

I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN, I WENT BY FACILITIES VEHICLES.

EQUIPMENT, AND IT'S ALL IN DISARRAY.

WHO IS PLANNING HERE FOR THE LAST FIVE, TEN, 15, 20 YEARS STRATEGICALLY.

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS.

THESE ARE VERY IMPORTANT.

AND THAT ALL NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED RIGHT NOW.

>>Yunji: ALL OF THAT TAKES MONEY.

DO YOU THINK THAT HPD HAS BUDGET TO TAKE CARE OF WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

>> YES.

THEY DO.

BECAUSE YOU COULD DO IT STRATEGICALLYICALLY.

DON'T DO IT ALL IN ONE BUDGET SESSION WORK YOU'RE WAIT OUT AND PRYPRIORITIZE.

LUXURY OF 4 460 VACANCY.

BUILD UP TECHNOLOGY, EQUIPMENT.

YOU NAME IT.

FAIMENTS IS UP YOU GRADED FACILITIES.

RANGE ST STATION.

FACILITIES.

HAVE TO DO IT INCREMENTALLY HAVE A PLAN.

I HAVE ONE.

SO HAPPY TO SHARE WITH THE COMMISSIONERS IN MAYOR WHEN I MEET WITH THEM.

>>Yunji: WHAT CONCERNS YOU MOST ABOUT BECOMING NEXT CHIEF.

>> I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT THE WORD ISN'T EVEN CONCERN FOR ME.

I SEE IT AS OPPORTUNITY.

TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY.

HPD IS AT THIS CROSSROADS WHERE WE CAN REALLY WORK TO MODERNIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF AND EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN MENTIONED HERE TONIGHT, ALL THE AREAS MUCH IMPROVEMENT, WITH REGARD TO REFORM,ER TECHNOLOGY, MODERNIZATION, ASSESSING DEPARTMENT FOR ALL THE AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT, TECHNOLOGY PLAN, KAM AIL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

TRAINING PLAN ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE BUDGETS WILL 87% PERSONNEL COST.

SALARY.

WE HAVE THAT 13% WINDOW AND WHAT WE DO IS BUILD STRATEGIC PLAN AND WE PRIORITIZE.

AND THEN WE START TACKLING ALL THOSE ISSUES AS WE MOVE ALONG.

AND WE GET CONSENSUS.

WE GET OFFICER UNINPUT.

COMMUNITY INPUT.

COMMISSIONER.

MAYOR INPUT.

PRIORITIZE OUR PLAN.

OUR PLAN TOGETHER MOVING FORWARD SCOTT MENTIONED THE TO START BUILDING AND IMPROVING.

IT TAKES LEADERSHIP.

IT TAKES STRATEGIC VISION.

AND IT TAKES BUY IN AND IT'S POSSIBLE.

I DID THAT WHERE I CAME FROM IT CAN BE DONE HERE.

>>Yunji: WHAT CONCERNS YOU MOST ABOUT BECOMING NEXT CHIEF.

>> FOR ME, IT'S NOT REALLY CONCERN.

MORE THE CHALLENGES THAT ARE AHEAD OF ME.

ONE OF THE OF BIGGEST CHALLENGES I FEEL IS THAT I HHAVE TO HE STORE HPD BUDGET.

BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T MANAGE IT WELL.

RESTORE SOME CONCERNS HOW IT WAS USED SHRUNK IT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW DIDN'T DEALING WITH KONA LOW.

CUTS HAVE TO BE MADE.

NOT GOING TO YOURSELF MONEY WISELY WE'RE GOING TO GO AND PULL FROM THIS.

I HAVE TO RESTORE THAT TRUST WITH THE CITY & COUNTY U CITY COUNCIL, HOLD ON.

I HAVE A PLAN.

HERE.

I HAVE A MISSION THAT I NEED TO ACCOMPLISH.

AND R RETRACTING THAT BUDGET IS GOING TO HURT THAT.

GREAT THING THAT I HAVE GOING FOR ME I GUESS MAYBE LOCAL CANDIDATE, I ALREADY HAVE GREAT RELATIONSHIP CITY COUNCIL.

NOT ONLY JUST BY KNOWING THEM, THOUGH KNOW WHEN I ASK FOR THINGS I CAN DELIVER.

RESTORING BUDGET TO MAKE SURE WE CAN DO ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT THE DEPARTMENT NEEDS AND OFFICERS NEED.

BECAUSE F AT THE END OF THE DAY GOOD INTENT HAS A ACCOST.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE PAYING TAXES AND HAVING OFFICE THAT ARE HAPPY AND COMMUNITIES ARE THAT ARE SAFE.

REALLY THAT'S THE BUDGETTEST CHALLENGE THAT I SEE HAVING.

HOW DO I INSURE COMMUNITY FEELS THAT THERE'S A RERETURN ON INVESTMENT WHEN MONEY IS PLACED WITH HPD.

I'M CONFIDENT BECAUSE OF BUDGET, JUST BEEN MANAGING $100 MILLION BUDGET.

AND THROUGHOUT MY CAREER, I MANAGED STATE GRANT FUNDING $6 MILLION AND THAT IS A LOT OF GRANT FUNDING IN THIS STATE.

BEEN ABLE TO IMAGINE T MANAGE THAT GREAT RETURNS INVESTMENT WHEN I'M TRUST THE WITH MONEY.

>>Yunji: INTERESTING QUESTION HERE.

I'LL LET YOU ANSWER.

HOME COURT ADVANTAGE ADDRESSING IRESSER ARE, YES.

BY TRANSPARENCY AND INTEGRITY AND FAIRNESSER WHAT HAPPENED TO ALOHA?

THIS IS STATE, STATE OF ALOHA.

YOU HO DOES PLAY WITH YOUR TREATMENT OF COMMUNITY OR YOUR HPD OHANA?

I THINK, WE HEARD ABOUT THAT NUMBER OF WAYS TONIGHT.

IDEA OF BUILDING TRUST AND COMMUNITY.

THAT'S REALLY WHAT THIS VIEWER IS ASKING ABOUT.

HOW DO YOU FOSTER ALOHA IN THE DEPARTMENT AND WITH THE WIDER COMMUNITY?

>> I APPRECIATE THAT.

WHEN I SAID GO BACK EARLIER, I WANTED TO KEEP IT LEVEL PLAYING FIELD.

AND NOT TRY TO JADE IT BY HAVING ALL OF THESE LOCAL THINGS.

BUT SINCE THE QUESTION CAME UP, REALITY IS WHAT WE LOST.

WE LOST THAT ALOHA.

WE LOST FOR OURSELVES INTERNALLY.

FROM THE CHIEF DOWN TO THE OFFICERS, HAVE ALOHA FOR THEM.

BECAUSE REALITY IS THIS, IN HAWAII, IT'S MORE THAN WORD.

ALOHA CAN BE LIKE, HEY, ALOHA.

CAN BE ALOHA.

ITE?

RIGHT?THAT WORD IS SO COMPLEX.

PEOPLE TRY TO TRANSLATE.

ED WORD ALOHA IS A FEELING.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S CHIEF HAS TO CONVEY DOWN TO OFFICERS.

I HAVE ALOHA FOR YOU.

SO HE C EXPECTATION WHAT YOU GT YOU HAVE ALOHA FOR THE COMMUNITY.

APPRECIATE THAT CORE VALUE FOR ME AS NATIVE HAWAIIAN.

WANTED TO FAIR TO GUEST TONIGHT AND JUST TRY TO KEEP THE PLAYING FIELD LEVEL.

>>Yunji: YOU GOT THAT QUESTION FIRST.

I'LL POS POST IT.

THIS CONCEPT OF REALLY GOOD WILL IN THE COMMUNITY.

THIS REALLY WHAT THE VIEWER IS ASKING.

ALOHA SPIRIT.

COMING FROM HAWAIIAN MARRIED HAWAIIAN FAMILY FOR THE LAST 32 YEARS, THEY TAUGHT ME A LOT ABOUT HAWAIIAN CULTURE.

AND ALOHA HAVING ALOHA SPIRIT, IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

THINK ALOHA, ALOHA POLICING.

WAY OFFICERS SHOWING LOVE AND CARING AND CONCERN AND HELPING THE COMMUNITY TO DEAL WITH WHATEVER ISSUES GOING ON.

AND SHOWING ALOHA WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, IS EQUIVALENT TO SAYING, TERM WE USE, CALLED PROCEDURAL JUSTICE.

GIVING THE OFFICERS AND CIVILIANS CHANCE FOR THEIR VOICE AND NEUTRALITY AND TRUST AND RESPECT.

LIKE AS LEADER HAVE TO GIVE THEM THE AUTONOMY TO DO THEIR WORK AND GIVE THEM SUPPORT THEM PROFESSIONALLY, SUPPORT THEM PERSONALLY.

BUT TO ME, GOES BEYOND ALOHA.

BECAUSE THE OTHER WORD THAT BEEN RESONATING IN MY HEAD LATELY IS OHANA.

WE HAVE TO CULTURE OF OHANA.

WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.

THAT WE'RE FAMILY.

THAT WE'RE IN IT TOGETHER.

ALL HERE MOVING IN THE SAME DIRECTION.

WE ALL HAVE THE SAME GOAL IN MIND.

MAKE HPD BETTER AND THEN OHANA IN THE COMMUNITY WITH THE COMMUNITY, IN TREATING THEM LIKE FAMILY.

TREATING THEM LIKE YOU WOULD WANT TO BE TREATED MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY.

AND I CAN GO ON ABOUT KUPUNA AND OTHER DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT WITH RESPECT TO MALAMA AINA, RESPECT OUR LAND AND CULTURE, AND WE HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES OVER OUR FAMILY.

PONO LI LIVING RIGHTEOUS BEING THAT EXAMPLE FOR THE CHIEF AS DEPARTMENT.

BEHAVIOR WE'RE GOING TO SET AND STANDARD WE'RE GOING TO SET.

WE GO FROM AUTHORITY POLICING TO ALOHA POLICING.

HPD SHOULD BE THE MODEL FOR THIS COUNTRY ON WHAT IS LIKE TO LOVE ON OUR EMPLOYEES AND LOVE OR ON OUR COMMUNITY.

>>Yunji: YOUR THOUGHTS WHAT THE VIEWER WRITING IN IN STATE OF ALOHA.

HOW DOES THIS PLAY WITH YOUR TREATMENT OF COMMUNITY OR HPD OHANA.

>> SURE.

BOTH SAID STARTS IN THE DEPARTMENT.

EVERY OFFICERS NEEDS TO KNOW THAT WE CARE ABOUT THEIR HEALTH AN WELLNESS.

ABOUT THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES.

AND THAT TRANSLATES BECAUSE EVERY ONE OF THEM LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.

THERE'S NO ONE HERE THAT WORKS HERE AND THEN TRAVELS HERE EVERY DAY.

THAT I LIVE HERE.

AND WE NEED TO GET THEM OUT NOT COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY NEEDS TO KNOW THAT THEY'RE PART OF IT.

WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM MATTERS TO US.

WHEN YOU DO THAT, HAVE OFFICERS THAT ARE A INZOOD TO THE SAME AREAS, ASSIGNED TO THE SAME AREAS KNOW THE COMMUNITY WELL, KNOW THEM BY NAME.

SCOTTY TRUS TRTS YOU THAT'S HOWU PRY VENT I AM CROOVMENT VISITING HERE, PREVENT CRIME.

LIVE HERE WHOLE LIFE.

DON'T TRUST OFFICERS THAT BECAUSE THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY CARE ABOUT THEIR FAMILY.

THAT'S MANY J TRAY I CAN TO ME ALL AB DRAG J T TRAGIC ALL ABOUT HELPING THEM.

21 MOVED TO NEW JERSEY TO FLORIDA.

DIDN'T KNOW ANYONE.

GET OUT IN THE COMMUNITY RMAJOR SUREYOU'RE PART VOLUNTEE.

JUST LEFT OFFICE EVERY WEEK, EVERY DAY, GO TO DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD AND HAD A VOLUNTEER AND BE PART COMMUNITY.

WE NEED TO GET AWAY FROM TRADITIONAL POLICING WHICH IS JUST REACTIONARY.

TO BE PROACTIVE AND ENGAGING IN COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING MODEL WHERE WE'RE WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOODS OF WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO THEM.

BECAUSE WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO ONE NEIGHBORHOOD COULD BE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FOR ANOTHER FOOD NEIGHBORHOOD WHAT THEY WANT TO ADDRESSED.

>>Yunji: GET TO THEY Q INTERESTING ONE.

WHAT IS THE MOST USEFUL CRITICISM YOU'VE EVER RECEIVED AS A LEADER?

>> I WOULD SAY WASN'T REALLY CRITICISM.

SOMETHING THEY SAID TO ME.

THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE SAME PERSON AS YOU WERE AS A OFFICER.

AND DETECTIVE AS YOU WERE WHEN A LIEUTENANT COLONEL AND CHIEF.

MEANING I ALWAYS TRY TO TREAT EVERYONE HOW I WANTED MY GRANDFATHER TO BE TREATED.

OR MY MOM.

OR SOMEONE IN MY FAMILY AS WE TALKED ABOUT.

IF YOU DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF THAT AND THAT RESONATES WHEN YOU TALK TO PEOPLE, IT'S WHR NEW OFFICERS HIRING COMMAND STAFF WORK HAND IN HAND WITH YOU NEED TO SEE YOU DO IT OF COURSE EVERY INACTION GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WITH PARTNERS PUBLIC IN THE COMMUNITY.

TO ME, THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.

>>Yunji: WHAT IS THE MOST USEFUL CRITICISM YOU'VE EVER RECEIVED AS A LEADER?

I GOT IT GREAT LESSON COUPLE YEARS AGO.

WHEN WE WERE DEALING WITH SAME THING THAT HONOLULU WAS DEALING WITH.

500 OFFICERS SHORT.

AND AS THE NUMBER 2 IN THE DEPARTMENT, RUNNING OPERATIONS BEING CHIEF OF OPERATIONS, I THOUGHT THAT WAS UNFAIR THAT OFFICERS WERE GETTING SOME OFFICERS WERE GETTING MANDATED INTO WORK, WHILE OTHERS WEREN'T.

AND I CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA ABOUT HOW WE SHOULD ROTATE.

THROUGH SO THAT VERY FAIR AND TRANSPARENT WAY, OFFICERS ALL ROTATED THROUGH BEING MANDATED TO WORK.

I HAD TO IDEA AND PEOPLE AROUND ME, SAID, YEAH, SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD IDEA, HE'LL WEIL TRY TO IMPLEMENT IT.

BUT WE'LL TRY TO IMPLEMENT IT.

BACKFIRED BECAUSE, THERE WASN'T BUY IN ALL THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION.

AND I LEARNED VALUABLE LESSON IN LEADERSHIP NOT MAKE THAT MISTAKE AGAIN.

THAT IS THAT YOU COULD HAVE GREAT IDEAS AS A LEADER BUT YOU KIND OF LET YOUR PEOPLE COME UP WITH THE IDEAS AN PLANS.

THESE ARE SMART PEOPLE.

HPD, PEOPLE MADE IT UP THE RANKS, LIEUTENANT, CAPTAIN, MAJOR, ASSISTANT CHIEF, DEPUTY CHIEF, THEY'RE SPARTAN SMART ACCOMPLISHED PEOPLE.

LET THEM COME UP WITH THE IDEA AND HAVE THE BUY IN.

I HAVE TO SUPPORT THEM ON THOSE IDEAS.

THEN LET THEM IMPLEMENT THE PLAN.

THAT WORK.

AND LET ME STAND HYPE BEHIND THM AND SUPPORT THEM.

IDEAS COME SERGEANTS LIEUTENANTS AND OFFICERS, GREAT I'D E'O IDEAS LET THEM RN WITH IT.

PIVOTED MOVE TO CAPTAINS COME UP WITH A PLAN GIVE THEM A BUDGET AND LET MEMBER MANAGE MEMBER MANAGE IT.

GREAT IDEA.

WIWILL THEY IF TVRs SUCCESSFUL.

EL T TVRs SUCCESSFUL TVRs SUCCESSFUL.

>>EL WHAT ABOUT YOU.

>> HARD HARD CORE WORKAHOLIC.

12 DAYS A WEEK SEVEN DAYS A WEEK PANDEMIC STRUCK, I WAS DOING, LIKE 16 HOUR DAYS FOR FOUR MONTHS STRAIGHT.

AND PEOPLE SAID MIKE, WE ALL LOVE HOW MUCH YOU LOVE THE DEPARTMENT.

AND THE COMMUNITY.

BUT YOU GOT TO REMEMBER TO LOVE YOURSELF.

HAVE YOU A FAMILY TOO.

AND I'M SO FOCUSED ON HELPING THE COMMUNITY, ADD E'O DOING ALL OF THESE GREAT THINGS US HAVE SO MUCH ENERGY AND SO MUCH, ALOHA TO GIVE, THAT SOMETIMES I FORGET ABOUT MYSELF.

AND IT WAS VERY HELPFUL CRITICISM TO HAVE BECAUSE PEOPLE TELL ME, MIKE, WE LOVE YOU.

BUT YOU GOT TO SPEND TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY.

KIDS ARE GETTING OLDER.

I FELT A LITTLE GUILTY CRITICISM REALLY HELPED ME BECAUSE I CAN SAY FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS, MAINTAINED MUCH BETTER WORK LIFE BALANCE AND ACTUALLY YOU THINK THAT ALTHOUGH I DON'T PUT IN THE LONG HOURS BECAUSE I HAVE BETTER WORK LIFE BALANCE, ENERGY IS STRONGER.

AND I'M ABLE TO GIVE MORE.

SO THAT CRITICISM OF SAYING BASICALLY I NEED TO GET A LIFE, REALLY HELPED ME AND I APPRECIATE MY FRIENDS IN THE DEPARTMENT FORGIVE BEING ME THAT FEEDBACK?

IT QUESTION HERE.

OF BROUGHT UP.

OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN WITHIN HPD.

YOU ARE NAMED LAWSUIT INVOLVING FEMALE, NUMBER OF FOLKS NOT YOU SOLO.

NEW JERSEY.

ALLEGING GENDER DISCRIMINATION.

GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.

SURE.

DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT, CHIEF OF STAFF.

AND LAST THREE YEARS, I WAS IN CHARGE OF ADMINISTRATION.

DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT ADMINISTRATION WHERE ALL PROMOTIONS COME THROUGH.

IT'S NOT JUST ME.

WHOLE COMMAND STAFF THAT NAMED IN THEM AND WHERE WE WORK THERE IN NEW JERSEY IS THAT I WASN'T MAKING DECISION WHO WAS BEING PROMOTED READING OVER RECOMMENDATION FROM COMMANDERS BELOW ALWAYS MAKING SURE IT'S PROPER.

SAME PERSON IN THE SAME TIER.

ALL CONSIDERED EQUAL.

NOTHING APPROPRIATE.

ATTORNEY I SI SIGN ON.

ATTORNEY GENERAL MAKES DECISION ON PROMOTIONS WHEN HE RETIRED 2022.

MAY HAVE CHANGED SINCE THEN.

I HAVE PROMOTED A LOT WOMEN IN MY CAREER AND OOFD FOR THEM.

ITY IT'S ADVOCATE FOR THEM EXTREMELY IMPORTANT WE DO THAT IN LAW ENFORCEMENT O DEPARTMENT HERE HPD AND ANY OTHER AGENCY, SHOULD REFLECT COMMUNITY AND BE AS DIVERSE COMMUNITY WOULD WE REPRESENT.

THAT IS INCLUDING LARGE PORTION OF FEMALE OFFICERS TO DO OUTSTANDING JOB EVERY DAY.

>>Yunji: WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS QUESTION HERE WANTING TO KNOW, HE DID MENTION OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE FEMALES IN THE FORCE.

HOW WOULD YOU DO IN A?

>> SO FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN I TOOK OVER THE DLE, WE HAD VERY POOR REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN IN POLICING.

SO LAST YEAR, WE DID TAKE THE PLEDGE WITH NEW YORK POLICING PROJECT.

TO DO THE 30 BY 30.

THAT WE CAN HAVE BETTER GUIDANCE ON HOW TO RECRUIT WOMEN.

IF YOU LOOK AT OUR INSTAGRAM VIDEO TODAY, IT'S ON PURPOSE THAT WE SELECTED FEMALE DEPUTY TO BE ON ATV.

WANTED TO SHOW, LOOK AT THE GREAT WORK THEY DID.

WE'RE HOPING THEY'LL BE OUR BEST RECRUIT YOURSELF.

NO THE MANY OF US HERE, TREAT US EQUALLY AND FAIRLY.

RECRUITERS, FEMALE DEPUTIES IS MANY SOME OF OUR BEST MOST PROUD OF.

MAGNIFYING THAT.

HONOLULU POLICE DEPARTMENT, AS FAR AS A KNOW, THINK DID.

LE IS THE FIRST TO TAKE THE 30 BY 30 PLEDGE IN THE STATE.

AND REALLY NOT ABOUT SAYING THAT SOMEBODY GOING TO TEACH YOU HOW.

MAKE A COMMITMENT TO WOMEN IN POLICING.

AND SAYING THAT WE SEE YOU.

WE HAVE VALUE.

IN WHAT YOU CAN BRING TO THE JOB.

A CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW,?

GENERAL, WOMEN ARE MUCH BETTER AT DE-ESCALATION THAN MEN.

VERY DISTANT ARMING IN EXACERBATION SITUATION A LOT OF TOO I AM CAN ME PHO COMPACT AS COMPASSIONATE AS MEN HOLD BACK OUR FEELINGS HARD TO CONNECT.

BIG ADVOCATE FOR WOMEN IN POLICE.

BEST FRIENDS ARE WOMEN AND I REALLY WANT TO SEE MORE.

SNY E'O STICK WITH YOU.

INDIVIDUAL QUESTION FOR OUR.

FOR FOLKS AREN'T FAMILIAR.

YOU ARE DIRECT OF DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.

BECAUSE YOU BECAUSE OF ISSUE WITH THE PENSION YOU ARE LEAVING THAT DEPARTMENT.

PERSON IS SOCIAL DISTANCING ASKING HOUSE BILL 2358 HAVE PASSED WOULD YOU STAY ON THE DIRECTOR.

>> WOULD YOU APPLYING FOR THE JOB?

>> I WOULDN'T.

OWN Y THOUGH DIRECTOR LOWING PAYING JOB, WITHIN LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY, LESS PRESTIGIOUS GOVERNOR GAVE ME BIG BREAK.

FOUR YEARS AGO PASSED OVER FOR THIS JOB WITHIN HPD, CHIEF LOGAN WAS NICE TO ME.

BUT IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE THERE WAS A CLEAR PATH TO BE A PART OF HIS ADMINISTRATION.

IS PASSED OVER.

GOT A CALL FROM THE GOVERNOR, AND I WAS TORN BECAUSE I KNEW PENSION ISSUE WHEN I TOOK THE JOB.

I TOLD THE GOVERNOR, YOU KNOW WHAT?

I HAVE THIS SITUATION.

AROUND ACTUALLY ALREADY.

O WORKING ON I BILL PEOPLE REALIZE WANT TO RECRUIT FROM THE COUNTY FIX THAT.

TELL YOU WHAT GIVE YOU TWO LEGISLATIVE CYCLES.

AND IF NOT, NO HARM, NO FOUL.

I'LL GO BACK.

UNFORTUNATELY, IT DIED.

BUT THE FACT IS THAT MONEY ISN'T EVERYTHING.

AND I CAME TO THE DLE TO MOVE TO MYSELF I COULD LEAD.

IF I PATHED THAT BY DON'T THINK I WOULD BE SITTING THE THERE TABLE.

PASSED THAT BY.

RESUME COULD HAVE PROVEN I WAS READY THE ONE DOOR CLOSE IS IT ONE DOOR OPENS.

NO, WANTED TO HONOR SOMEBODY WHO SAW ME FIRST AND FINISH MY CAREER THERE.

>>Yunji: WE ONLY HAVE A FEW MINUTES.

SOME SPES URK QUESTIONS THAT I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T ASK THEM.

QUESTION FROM ERIC IN MILILANI.

HOW CAN PUBLIC TRUST TO LEAD HPD VIOLATED SIMPLE RULE BY ACTIVATING EMERGENCY LIGHTS LATE OR OFF DUTY FUNCTION?

BRIEFLY EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED AND CLEAR THIS UP FOR THE VIEWER.

>> THANKFUL THAT FOR 33 YEARS, EVEN MY TIME AT CIVILIAN, UPWARDS 40 YEARS.

IN AND AROUND THE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT NEVER DISCIPLINED RECEIVE AWARD BE A ACCOLADES NEVER RECEIVED ANY DISCIPLINE.

THREE OR FOUR MONTHS BEFORE I RETIRED, ACTUALLY VALENTINE'S DAY 2025.

ON DUTY.

WASN'T OFF TU DUTY DEPARTMENT VEHICLE.

NBA ALL-STAR HAPPENING.

LUNAR NEW YEARS IDENTITY FRAUD.

HINOWS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN OUR CITY.

ER EVENTS IT.

IN CHARGE WORKING 12 OR 14 HOUR DAY THAT DAY.

NEW YEAR'S EVENTS EVERYBODY ONE DEPARTMENT FUNCTION DEALING WITH HAD IT TO REPRESENT CHIEF A AND AT ANOTHER FUNCTION LUNAR EVENT.

BACKED YOU BUNCH OF TRAFFIC AND I VALUE BEING PUMPKINNAL.

PUNCTUAL I WANT TO BE POCKET U PUNCTUAL WANT TO BE EARLY WHILE EFFORT IN THIS TRAFFIC SAW AND OPPORTUNITY TO GET UP AHEAD, OF A ATL TRAFFIC OBJECTIS ON DUTY WORK TURNED MY LIGHTS ON WENT TO THE LEFT OF SOME TRAFFIC.

ABOUT 15 MILES PER HOUR, SLOWLY AND SAFE I TRY TO CREEP YOU THE STREET TO GET INTO A SPACE THAT I SAW, WAS UP AHEAD.

TEN CAR LENGTHINGS.

AND ANOTHER CAR ARE, REQUIRED TO GO RIGHT, WENT STRAIGHT.

SIGN SAID GO RIGHT.

WENT STRAIGHT AND WE ALMOST MISS EACH OTHER.

BUT THEN HE T-BONED ME.

MINOR ACCIDENT.

SLOW SPEED.

MINOR DAMAGE.

I PULLED OVER AND E'O FOLLOWED ALL PROCEDURES.

NOTIFIED CHIEF THE NOTIFIED EVERYBODY I NEEDED TO NOTIFY.

ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION.

IF ADMINISTRATIVE INVESTIGATION.

TOTALLY OWNED WHAT HAPPENED.

IN THE MIDST OF TRYING TO JUST GET SOMEWHERE WHILE I WAS ON DUTY AND WHAT I LEARNED WENT BACK TO TRAINING.

DID ALL OF THESE THINGS.

BUT WHAT I LEARNED WAS THAT I HOLD MYSELF ACCOUNTABLE, WE'RE ALL HUMAN MAKE MISTAKES.

A HEAT OF TRYING TO DO THINGS.

BUT WHAT THE VALUABLE LESSON WAS FOR ME YOU HAVE YOUNG OFFICE THAT ARE OUT THERE DOING THE JOB.

AND THEY'RE MAKING MISTAKES TOO.

AND I HAVE COMPASSION ON THEM HAVING JUST GONE THROUGH TO.

KNOWING THAT'S OKAY TO MAKE A MUST TAKE OF THE HEART.

MINOR MISTAKES.

MISTAKE OF THE HEART AND WE AS LEADERS NEED TO, GET OUR FOLKS BACK, NEED TO ENCOURAGE THEM AND GET THEM G BACK GOING.

WORK.

IT PEERS UNDER CHIEF AND EVERYONE SAID, MADE A MISTAKE.

GOT RETRAINED.

SUPPOSED TO SET AN EXAMPLE.

AND IT'S OVER.

SO THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED TO ME.

>>Yunji: WE HAVE JUST ONE MINUTE LEFT IN OUR PROGRAM.

GOES FAST.

I DO WANT TO END PERFECT QUESTION FROM GEORGE IN HAU'ULA.

END THIS.

BRIEF.

SUMS THIS UP.

WHAT THREE WO WORD WOULD YOU EAH USE BEST DESCRIBE YOURSELF AS A PERSON AND A LEADER.

>> WE'LL START WITH YOU.

>> I WOULD SAY TRANSPARENT.

COLLABORATIVE AND COMMUNICATIVE.

INTEGRITY, PROFESSIONAL, TRUSTED.

>> THREE WORDS FOR YOU?

YES.

GOOD TO GO LAST.

NOW THESE GUYS TAKE ALL GREAT WORDS.

GOOD CHARACTER, PERSON OF INTEGRITY, PERSON OF FAITH.

>>Yunji: OKAY.

THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

FOR ANSWERING ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS TANDEN THANK YOU TO AT HOME.

FOR PARTICIPATING.

GUESTS, THE FINALISTS FOR HONOLULU POLICE CHIEF.

DAVID LAZAR SCOTT EBNER AND MIKE LAMBERT YOU CAN STILL MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD REGARDING THE SELECTION OF THE NEXT POLICE CHIEF.

YOU CAN SUBMIT YOUR TESTIMONY TO THE HONOLULU POLICE COMMISSION BY GOING TO HONOLULU.GOV/HPC.

NEXT WEEK ON INSIGHTS, WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO THE 2026 ELECTION SEASON.

WITH HIGH PROFILE CANDIDATES CHALLENGING FOR COUNTY, STATE AND FEDERAL POSITIONS THERE IS A LOT TO TALK ABOUT.

GET INFORMED AS YOU GET READY TO FILL OUT YOUR BALLOTS.

I'M YUNJI DE NIES FOR INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAI‘I.

ALOHA!

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

ALOHA.

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