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Honolulu Police Misconduct

2022-008: Used excessive and/or unreasonable force while assisting with grabbing or restraining a detainee in an effort to remove the detainee‚ clothes without justification. Used excessive and/or unreasonable force when he struck the detainee without justification. Committed a criminal act when he intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly caused bodily injury to the detainee without justification. Failed to intervene and take appropriate action upon witnessing the detainee being assaulted or subjected to unreasonable force by other officers. Submitted an incomplete report and was untruthful and/or falsified his police report. Criminal Conduct Initiated: Assault in the Second Degree

Discharged
Pending grievance
No
Yes
Judah Kekua
Assault Falsification of records Intimidation Insubordination Criminal conviction

2022-009: Selected various items from a retail establishment, concealed the items, and exited the store without making payment. Criminal Conduct Initiated: Theft in the Fourth Degree *Pursuant to the grievance process, discharge reduced to 20-day suspension.

*20 days-day suspension
Final
No
Yes
Deanna Strikolis
Insubordination

2022-010: Accessed a police report for an ongoing criminal investigation without authorization. Took a screenshot of a redacted face page and sent it to a friend.

5 days-day suspension
Final
No
No
Branden Fujioka-Lau
Administrative

2022-011: Failed to lead and guide subordinates in conducting a proper investigation for a motor vehicle collision and operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant incident that involved a HPD officer. Failed to submit a proper report for the investigation. *Officer retired prior to 1-day suspension.

*1 day-day suspension
Final
No
No
Brian Taniguchi
DUI Falsification of records

2022-012: Failed to lead and guide subordinates in conducting a proper investigation for a motor vehicle collision and operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant incident that involved a HPD officer. Failed to submit a proper report for the investigation. *Officer retired prior to 1-day suspension.

*1 day-day suspension
Final
No
No
Michael Rodriguez
DUI Falsification of records

2022-013: Provided multiple false and/or misleading statements during an administrative investigation regarding his use of a prescription drug. Criminal Conduct Initiated: Abuse of Family or Household Members Terroristic Threatening in the Second Degree Violation of Privacy in the Second Degree

20 days-day suspension
Final
No
Yes
Patrick Akana-Klein
Lying Drugs Insubordination

2022-014: Failed to supervise and ensure that personnel were proactivelytaking enforcement action during their entire shift. Improperlyauthorized department personnel to work back-to-back shiftsand/or weekly hours that exceeded the maximum limit. Failed toabide by the weekly overtime limits by repeatedly working overthe established limitation.Criminal Conduct Initiated:Theft in the Fourth Degree

5 days-day suspension
Pending grievance
No
Yes
Lance Yashiro
Insubordination Administrative is_failure_supervise

2022-015: Used excessive and/or unreasonable force when he pushed a handcuffed arrestee head first into a shelving unit and struck him in the face without justification. Committed a criminal act when he struck the arrestee’s face while the arrestee was handcuffed and caused the arrestee to sustain bodily injury. Submitted an incomplete report when he did not document the use of force and/or did not submit the appropriate form. Was untruthful and/or falsified his submitted report when he knowingly wrote a false statement about how the arrestee was injured. Was unprofessional and/or acted inappropriately when directing profanity toward the arrestee. Criminal Conduct Initiated: Assault in the Second Degree

Discharged
Pending grievance
No
No
Corey Morgan
Assault Falsification of records Intimidation Insubordination Criminal conviction Verbal abuse Unprofessional conduct

2022-016: Failed to report and/or document an incident truthfully after witnessing and/or becoming aware of an officer pushing an arrestee head first into a shelving unit and/or striking the arrestee in the face. Was untruthful and/or falsified his police report when he wrote a false statement regarding how the arrestee sustained injuries. Failed to intervene and/or take appropriate action during the entire incident due to being partial to the officer.

Discharged
Pending grievance
No
No
Matthew Ogoshi
Falsification of records Unprofessional conduct

2022-017: Misclassified an incident and failed to submit the police report before her work shift ended. Failed to reclassify the police report upon instruction from a supervisor.

1 day-day suspension
Pending grievance
No
No
Debra Lee Silva
Administrative