Harbors

Harbor Police Get A New Look!

The DOT Harbor Police have new uniforms that will distinctly identify them. As Chief Mark “Dutch” Hanohano states, “I believe it will instill more pride and exude more enthusiasm”.

Kelly Flaherty is wearing the Class A uniform (one set), which will be worn when testifying in court, special events and ceremonies.

Offi cer Aaron Chu is wearing the Class B uniform (three sets), which is daily duty wear – fi eld practical / durable. e h /

Getti ng to Know Harbor Offi cer Joey Kaili By: Juli Chun

Q: What made you want to

work as a Harbor Police Offi cer?

A: I knew I wanted to go into the law enforcement path after I graduated from high school and after I left the Honolulu Police Department I wanted to get back law enforcement and make a diff erence.

Q: What is your motto or words that you live by?

A: My motto that I live by is that everyone has a sad story, don’t make excuses, don’t get lazy and just get off your butt and work hard every single day.

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Q: When did you Q fi rst know

that you wanted to become t an O a ffi cer?

I I fi rst knew I wanted to become an offi cer when I grad-c uated from high school and I u set my mind from the start and s now I can make a diff erence n within my community that I w love. l

Harbors

A New Facility for Harbor Police

By: Neil Miyasato

Harbor Police are constantly striving to better serve our community by ensuring all of our Offi cers have current fi rearms and use of force training, recruiting well trained/ experienced Offi cers, procuring new technology, equipment, vehicles and our new Police Station to bring us out of the “stone-ages”. Honolulu Harbor, being the main port of entry for all goods shipped to our islands, is vital to the livelihood of the State. Harbor Police is responsible for maintaining law and order to keep the port safe from acts of terrorism and other crimes, which may interfere with the safe passage of commerce.

The building located at Pier 15 in Honolulu Harbor, which was the former Honolulu Fire Station where the Fireboat “MOKU AHI” was housed, is currently being renovated and nearing completion as the new Harbor Police Station. Historically, Harbor ly Police have P operato ed out of e make-shift m facilities f without the w proper amep nities. This n new facility n will ful w fi ll the requiret ments for us m to operate t more effi -m ciently and c safely while s being more b visible and v accessible to the public as a well as other Law Enforcew ment agencies. m

The Station’s outer walls T are outfi tted with ballistic a panels and the windows p with bullet proof glass, w which can stop pistol rifl e w ammunition. Inside the a building are 2 b muti-purpose rooms, one m of which will serve as a o squad room where Offi -s cers can complete reports c and other work at coma puter stations and table p tops, locker rooms and showers for women and men, a breakroom, a sally port with a temporary holding cell and pistol lockers, a training area with weights donated by Chief Mark “Dutch” Hanohano, Sergeant’s Offi ces wardrobe lockers,

Harbors

a clerk station, Administst tration Offi ces with ward-ffi robe lockers, a conference room with a cubicle for our Attorney General Special Agent, an Evidence Storage, a Firearms Armory with a modern fi re suppression system, a large storage room, large screen monitors, inside and outside Wi-Fi, a surveillance system, a fl oating dock system equipped with a boat lift, which will accommodate our 27 foot Aluma Marine enclosed cabin boat and 21 foot center console Boston Whaler and jet-dock for our two jet skis. With our furniture arriving and being installed in mid-January, 2021, we are currently scheduled to move in on February 1, 2021. This Station will allow us to perform our duties from a permanent home, located in the hub of Honolulu Harbor, where we can operate, train and serve our community for many more years to come. After many challenges, this multi-million dollar facility is coming to fruition with many thanks to Harbors Division Administrator Davis Yogi, who is not only responsible for updating our fl eet of patrol vehicles, but also for providing us with our own budget. Also, many thanks to Deputy Director Derek Chow for his unwavering support for Harbor Police, Oahu District Manager Neil Takekawa and Commercial Harbors Manager/Honolulu Harbor Master Peter Pillone for providing the funds for new furniture and lockers, Engineering Program Manager Carter Luke, Engineer’s Wade Takamoto, Da Teng, Mark

Yamabe, Rodney Yamane, Richard Yoneda,

and Lauren Younga for making this all happen m behind the scenes and b Mike Asamoto M , Lena Wang W and Darren Cantrill C for the state of the art electronic equipt ment. m

In the past 2 years, we have had vacancies open as a result of retirements and Offi cers leaving for other positions elsewhere. To date, we have reclassifi ed the General Professional III position to a Harbor Enforcement Offi cer III/Administrative Sergeant position, promoted 3 Offi cers to the rank of Sergeant and hired 5 Offi cer-II’s of 6 Offi cer-II vacancies. Offi cer’s Richard Ruiz and Kelly Flaherty who are former SWAT Offi cers from other mainland jurisdictions are doing an excellent job, and they are adapting well to policing in Hawaii, which diff ers somewhat from the mainland, especially with learning and pronouncing Hawaiian words. Offi cer Amgad Youssef has recently passed his probationary period, and he is doing a fi ne job. Offi cer Joey KAILI has just completed the necessary Use of Force and Firearms training and is about to be commissioned. Offi cer Nicholas Pregill is almost done with his training, and he can’t wait to perform his job. Although these Offi cers have many years of prior Law Enforcement service and training with other agencies, they have displayed a positive attitude and their willingness to learn all aspects of their new positions with Harbor Police. We wish all of our DOT Ohana a safe and Happy New Year 2021! I h a a o w r P t O t p t a