For years, Sharmaine Taua and her husband Robert have been asking Honolulu police for help with vandalism and trespassing at their house on the Westside — broken fence posts, monkeying around with their security cameras, apparent tampering with their SUV.
The response, they said, has been inadequate. Officers told them to add more lights and disconnect their security cameras from the internet.
What the Tauas want is more police officers on patrol. They thought that would happen when the city moved to replace the Waiʻanae police substation, a move that officials said would be tied to an increase in police assigned to the area…