This is a joke right? 

Oh, it's not.  Okay, then it is so absurd on its' face that Mr. Sword should resign immediately or be removed from the Police Commission for his incredible ignorance as well as the egregious breach of his fiduciary responsibility to the citizens of Honolulu and the Commission, and if anyone on the Police Commission knew about this and didn't acknowledge it in open committee, they should go too!   

Ethics 101 requires that Mr. Sword "recuse" himself.  It is almost universal in ethical considerations that the following are considered relatives, I guess except in Hawaii.  
   
"Relative" means a spouse, parent, child, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, uncle, aunt,
nephew, niece, father-in-law, mother-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, brother-in-law,
sister-in-law, or FIRST COUSIN, whether in whole or half blood, by marriage, adoption or
a natural relationship, and the spouse of any such person.

This is why folks are so tired of politics as usual in Hawaii.