After a series of shootings on the Westside last August, Honolulu officials promised to increase police presence on the Leeward Coast, where residents have long said they feel ignored by city government.
The department paid overtime and brought in reserve officers so patrols were better staffed. Narcotics and vice divisions conducted special operations.
But residents said the most visible part of the effort was traffic enforcement, with more drivers being stopped on the roads and in their neighborhoods…