Letter: Consolidate efforts of crime-fighting agencies
Upfront, everyone is glad the bad guys are off the street. Great job by those mentioned in the article, “HPD, federal agents raid drug, gambling, sex houses” (Star-Advertiser, May 11).
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Upfront, everyone is glad the bad guys are off the street. Great job by those mentioned in the article, “HPD, federal agents raid drug, gambling, sex houses” (Star-Advertiser, May 11).
A joint operation by Honolulu police and federal agents targeting Oahu’s sex trade, gambling and drug houses began before sunrise Wednesday and resulted in three arrests and the seizure of 38 electronic gambling devices and illegal narcotics.
Prosecutors can only work with the cases police bring and those are usually street crimes.
On Maui, the budget includes the addition of $6.1 million in general funds in FY24 and FY25 for the Maui Axis Deer program; $1.1 million in FY25 for six months of funding to support new housing at the Maui Community Correctional Center; and the addition of three permanent positions and $98,500 in FY24 and $200,250 in FY25 for UH Maui College’s health center.
So far, everyone involved in a scheme to copy Georgia's elections software has escaped accountability, including former Trump attorney Sidney Powell,