City lawmakers and police advocates want to improve the Honolulu Police Commission’s process for hiring a new police chief.
The Honolulu City Council is moving along a resolution that would require the commission’s vetting process to include obtaining and reviewing references from candidates’ peers, supervisors and subordinates, and completing background checks and performance evaluations.
The resolution would also urge the commission to ensure its process “incorporates input from representatives of rank-and-file police officers to define desired candidate attributes and experience and to participate in the vetting process.”…