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Shocking generosity
The Honolulu Police Community Foundation has donated 24 Tasers to the Police Department, the department announced yesterday. Above, HPD officer James Slayter, who instructs officers in the use of a Taser, holds one of the electric weapons as fellow officer James Castro, another instructor, looks on.
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