The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-08-05
HAWAII SOLONS
NAME POLICE
PROVIDE FOR THE SELECTION,
APPOINTMENT AND COMMITS
SIONING BY SUPERVISORS.

HILO, August 1.-The Board of Sup
ervisors wrestled with the double po-
lice system again at their August
meeting. The question of payrolls
came up The Board stood by it's
position as against the sheriff and
passed the payrolls for the set of police
which were continued in office by the
resolution of the Board at it's July
meeting. Some of the conditions which
exist by reason of the differences be-
tween the sheriff and the supervisors
was thus described in the debate on
ordinance No. 2. Supervisor Feruan-
DEE said:
lowing to differences between the
Board of Supervisors and the Sheriff
the affairs of the latter's department
are in deplorable condition. Out in
Hamakua a Chinese arrested for mis-
demeanor was discharged on show
ing by defendants attorney that the
arrest had been made by a man not a
duly commissioned police officer The
deputy sheriff again arrested him and
/ he was discharged by the magistrate
when his attorney pointed out that a
mans diberty cannot be placed in jeo-
! pardy twice ON the same charge.
man arrested in LaupahoehOe was or
dered discharged by Sheriff Keolanui
for the reason that the arrest had not
/ been made by an officer receiving his
commission from him. The deputy
sheriff refused to discharge the man
on this island the deputy sheriffs are
! man into court where, he was fined for
Z the offense. In the different districts
on this island the deputy scheriffs are
/ opposing men who are acting as police
men under Resolution No. / of this
board.
| He had overheard the sheriff instruct
! officers to make no arrests for drunk
enness but to take the offenders home.
1t has come to the point where our
duty is plain; we must study the law
and see who is right l believe that
when a comparison is drawn between
! the law as it stands and as Mr.. Keo-
! lanui interprets it we will be found on
the right side. suppose a man comes
over here from Hamakua and gets in
toxicated is the policeman to take him
back. I'm ashamed of our county in
the way it is going in this matter and
! a change must be made; there seems
to be no head to it and for that rea-
son l bring in this ordinance. Our re-
| putatiOn abroad Is being assailed we
are the laughing stock of the residents
of the other islands where we are COM
pared to a crooked stick. I am here
to see that our laws are carried out
and 1 am interested in seeing that the
wishes of our constituents are observ-
ed 1 would ask that the ayes and
noes be called on the ordinance.
The ordinance in question is as fol-
lows!
No person shall exercise the duties
of a police officr without first beng
appointed as provided by this ordi-
nance.
After person shall have been select
! ed by the Board of Supervisors for the
| purposes of serving as a police officer
the County Clerk shall issue, sign, and
| seal a commission for such person,
which commission shall designate the
| person appointed, the office to which
! he is appointed, the date of his selec-
ton by the Board of Supervisors and
the date of the issuance of his commits
sion. Such police officer shall be deem
ed to have been appointed from the
time Of the issuance of the commits
sion, ..-.-.}r
Mr. Desha said he would endorse
everything the previous speaker had
said relative 10 our being the butt
of the people on the other islanls. Here
In Hilo the laws are openly violated.
1 came aong Front street the other day
and saw a, Hawaiian very much the
worse for liquor and heard him using
vulgar language without interference
from the police. At Turner's corner
the other afternoon there was a Ha-
waiian using filthy language for he
was under the influence of liquor.
asked a Keolanui policeman why he
did not take the man in charge and
he replied that the man had not vio-
lated the law. Mr.. Turner came out
from his store and sail he had tele-
phoned three times to the police station
asking that an officer be sent to take
the man away but no one had appear
ed. While we were talking a police
man, one who is a hold over and an
appointee of Keolanui, came up and
watched the man and listened to his
language. I asked again why the
man was not arrested and both officers
replied that he had done nothing. 1t
appears TO me that they would do the
same thing II they were told that a
murder had been committed. The Or