“This is the largest recruiting initiative that we’ve ever ... course of training and new recruits must pledge to work for HPD for three years. The police union applauded the initiative.

MARCO GARCIA / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER / 2022 HPD Major Mike Lambert, shown at the Waipahu Police Training Academy, was nominated to be the next director of the state Department of Law ...

The difficulty recruiting and retaining police officers ... is difficult as there are 2,500 vacancies city-wide, including HPD. As of March 1, HPD employed 1,740 officers out of 2,177 positions ...