An altercation outside Farrington High School on the night of October 10 led to the arrest of a father-daughter duo on charges of Assault on a Law Enforcement Officer in the First Degree, as reported by the Honolulu Police Department. Two Honolulu Police officers were injured during an effort to break up a fight, with one being struck in the face and another being kicked in the groin.
Amid an intensifying trend of assaults on officers across Oahu, and indeed nationwide, the incident has caught the attention of local law enforcement and union officials. The Honolulu police have seen a 20 percent increase in the number of officers assaulted this year compared to last, whereas stats show 14 percent of officers will face assault at some point in their career, as per KHON2. Nicholas Schlapak, President of the State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers (SHOPO), emphasized the gravity of such acts, stating, “If someone is willing to assault a law enforcement officer, then they have absolutely, positively, no remorse or regret or second thought to assaulting an average citizen.”…