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Police, Fire, Courts

By Star-Bulletin Staff

Monday, September 11, 2000

HPD chief names
assistants

Police Chief Lee Donohue has filled two administrative vacancies by promoting Rafael Fajardo and John Kerr to the rank of assistant chief, effective Sept. 17.

Fajardo joined the Honolulu Police Department in March 1965. His command assignments include the Special Services Division and, most recently, the Traffic Division.

Kerr, one of the finalists for the chief's position that went to Donohue, has been commander of the Waikiki patrol district.

Fajardo and Kerr will be assigned to Special Field Operations and the Administrative Bureau, respectively, succeeding retired Assistant Chiefs Robert Kane and Barbara Wong.

Donohue's top administrators are Deputies Michael Carvalho and Robert Au, and Assistant Chiefs Stephen Watarai, Henry Lau, Eugene Uemura, Boisse Correa, Fajardo and Kerr.

Maj. Jeffrey Owens moves over from Central Receiving to replace Fajardo in the Traffic Division, while Thomas Nitta, who is being promoted to major, is the new Waikiki District commander.

There are two other new majors, Alan Fujimoto and Terrence Yuen.

Fujimoto will command the Waianae patrol district, succeeding Gordon Young, who has been transferred to Central Receiving. Yuen joins Maj. Louis Souza in the Legislative Liaison office, replacing retiring Maj. Forrest Broome.

McGruff celebrates
20 years in isles

"McGruff the Crime Dog" is celebrating his 20th birthday with festivities on Maui, Oahu and the Big Island.

An Oahu celebration, featuring live entertainment, free cake and balloons, is planned for Ala Moana Center on Oct. 14 from noon to 2 p.m.

The Big Island will host McGruff Oct. 21 at Prince Kuhio Plaza from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The McGruff Take a Bite Out of Crime program has been in Hawaii since 1986. It teaches children ways to keep safe from crime.

Waipahu celebrates 'Weed & Seed' status

Hundreds of volunteers will restore a bike path, plant greenery and construct benches tomorrow in a "day of caring" to celebrate Waipahu's "Weed & Seed" designation.

One hundred volunteers will spruce up Waipahu Intermediate School, another 100 will plant greenery at Waipahu Cultural Garden Park and 40 others will clear the bike path.

Waipahu was designated Hawaii's second "Weed & Seed" zone in February, a move that is expected to reduce crime and strengthen the community as the program has done in the downtown-Kapalama area.

The Waipahu "Weed & Seed" area extends from Kunia Road to Waipahu Depot Road and from H-1 to West Loch.

UPW ratifies contract, averting Kuakini strike

The United Public Workers union has ratified a new contract, averting a possible strike at Kuakini Medical Center.

The union represents 176 staff members in dietary, housekeeping, maintenance, surgery, sterile processing, ambulatory care services and nursing services.

Details were not available, but a news release issued by Kuakini Medical Center said that management had been bargaining for shorter-term contracts to provide a more flexible and adaptable work force.

Pacific coastal group meeting in Honolulu

How to prepare for and bounce back from hurricanes and tsunami and how to prevent losing beach areas are among the problems to be tackled by coastal zone managers from around the Pacific this week at the Hilton Hawaiian Village.

Participants will represent Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, American Samoa and the West Coast.

Tomorrow

Some events of interest

9 a.m., Honolulu Hale, second-floor committee room: City Council Zoning Committee meeting.
11 a.m., Honolulu Hale, second-floor committee room: City Council Public Works, Environment and Parks Committee meeting.
1 p.m., Honolulu Hale, second-floor committee room: City Council Planning and Public Safety Committee meeting.
2:30 p.m., Honolulu Hale, second-floor committee room: Community and Customer Services and Cultural Affairs Committee meeting.
5 p.m., City Council Chambers: Neighborhood Plan Committee meeting.
6:30 p.m., City Council Chambers: Neighborhood Commission meeting.
7 p.m., Kapiolani Community College, Iliahi Building, Room 105: Vision meeting. Contact: Ross Sasamura, 523-4341.
7 p.m., Waikiki Community Center: Waikiki No. 9 neighborhood board meeting, 310 Paoakalani Ave.

Clarification David Frankel is president of the state-wide Hawaii Sierra Club, not just the Big Island Sierra Club as reported Friday. Corrections Stuart Mackenzie is the former owner of The Body Shop at Whalers Village in Kaanapali. His name was misspelled and title incorrect in a story Friday.

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Police, Fire, Courts



By Star-Bulletin staff

Honolulu Police Department Crimestoppers

Suspects hunted in two separate robbery/kidnaps

Suspects in two separate armed robbery/kidnapping cases last night are still at large, police said.

The first incident was reported at about 9 p.m. by a 22-year-old man, who was struck on the head with a metal bar and robbed of cash by two male acquaintances at his apartment at 60 N. Nimitz Hwy.

The man fled through a bathroom window. He was treated for a head cut at Queen's Medical Center and released, police said.

Shortly before midnight, two men using pillow cases as masks confronted and robbed a man, 25, and woman, 23, in the basement parking area of their apartment building at 2132 Lime St.

The suspects, armed with a handgun and knife, tried to force the couple into a car after robbing them of cash and jewelry.

The suspects fled in a brown Honda after the male victim managed to break free.

Maui police probe death of bicyclist, 55, hit by van

WAILUKU -- Maui police officers are investigating the death of a bicyclist in Maalaea.

Traffic investigator Leighton Kanaele said the man, 55, of Wailuku was riding on the paved shoulder of Honoapiilani Highway toward Waikapu when he was struck by a van traveling in the same direction at about 7:40 p.m. Saturday.

No arrest has been made.