Police chief defends staffing shifts, touts increased pace of hiring at ‘talk story’ session

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Honolulu Police Chief David Lazar defended staffing shifts that would add 100 more officers on patrol.

Lazar made the comments after a “talk story” session Thursday night at the Mission Memorial Auditorium.

Residents said they liked the idea of having more patrol officers, but the chief said the decision was made to control the department’s overtime budget…

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