§52D-3.5 - Reports to legislature. - Hawaii Statutes

     [§52D-3.5  Reports to legislature.]  The chief of each county police department shall submit an annual report to the legislature twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session in each year.  The report shall include a summary of the facts and the nature of the misconduct for each incident which resulted in the suspension or discharge of a police officer, the disciplinary action imposed for each incident, and the number of police officers suspended and discharged during the previous year under the following categories of the department's Standards of Conduct:

     (1)  Malicious use of physical force;

     (2)  Mistreatment of prisoners;

     (3)  Use of drugs and narcotics; and

     (4)  Cowardice.

The summary of facts shall not be of such a nature so as to disclose the identity of the individuals involved. [L 1995, c 242, §3]