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Question: Are those large flags that people are flying from their trucks legal in traffic like that? I witnessed a near-miss this morning. A truck with a large Hawaiian flag flying upside down nearly hit a car while changing lanes. The flag must have obscured the driver’s view in the side mirror.
Answer: “There is no law that specifically prohibits flags and banners from being flown from vehicles. However, there are laws that prohibit freight from projecting beyond the width of the vehicle and objects from obstructing the driver’s view through the vehicle windows. HPD is aware of the growing number of vehicles displaying large flags and banners and has begun discussing the situation. The department’s primary concern is the safety of everyone using the road, and any object that impedes a driver’s view or distracts other drivers could possibly be a potential safety hazard,” said Michelle Yu, spokeswoman for the Honolulu Police Department.
“The public should call 911 if the vehicle is being operated in a hazardous manner, such as speeding or cutting off other vehicles,” she said.
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We’ve received similar questions from many other readers, referring to Oahu drivers who are flying flags in solidarity with Native Hawaiians and others on the island of Hawaii who have blocked construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea for the past three months. The state flag, flown upside down as a sign of distress, and a yellow, red and green flag adopted by some as a symbol of Hawaiian sovereignty, are commonly sighted.
Some readers calling Kokua Line said they too oppose construction of the TMT, on environmental or indigenous-rights grounds, and support flying the flags in controlled traffic situations, such as during parades or permitted convoys. But they object to flying such large flags from vehicles in regular traffic, especially on the freeway, which they described as dangerous and distracting.
Q: Which satellite city halls do state ID renewals? I can’t get anyone to answer the phone.
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A: On Oahu you can renew or replace (duplicate) your state ID at the Downtown, Hawaii Kai, Pearlridge or Windward City satellite city halls, or at any driver licensing center. Appointments are recommended. You can’t make an appointment by phone, only online. Go to www.honolulu.gov/csd and click on “appointments.”
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There wouldn’t be this rush for “gold stars” if the state had put them on their “REAL IDs” in the first place. We went through all of this already! We shouldn’t have to be paying again, not even $6 for a duplicate. — A reader
(Other readers have expressed similar sentiments, referring to the fact that the Hawaii’s Department of Transportation added the gold star to its federally compliant state IDs and driver’s licenses in 2018, years after other states adopted the standard mark of compliance. As of October 2020 the gold star will be required on any state ID or driver’s license a person uses to enter certain federal facilities, including the security line at U.S. airports.)
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On Oct. 6, on the way back to my car after Children & Youth Day, I dropped a bank bag with cash and checks to deposit for a nonprofit. I didn’t realize I’d lost it until I got home. Friends searched the area and the parking garage and didn’t find it. Meanwhile, Katelyn of Salt Lake had found the bag and given it to her mom, Jonalyn, who found a receipt in the bag with the name and phone number of one of our members. She called the number, and we met her the following night to retrieve the bank bag. When we thanked her, she said, “I would hope any good-hearted citizen would do the same.” We are very glad Katelyn and Jonalyn are good-hearted citizens! — Grateful bookkeeper
Write to Kokua Line at Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 7 Waterfront Plaza, Suite 210, 500 Ala Moana Blvd., Honolulu 96813; call 529-4773; fax 529-4750; or email kokualine@staradvertiser.com.
See MoreQuestion: Are those large flags that people are flying from their trucks legal in traffic like that? I witnessed a near-miss this morning. A truck with a large Hawaiian flag flying upside down nearly hit a car while changing lanes. The flag must have obscured the driver’s view in the side mirror.
Answer: “There is no law that specifically prohibits flags and banners from being flown from vehicles. However, there are laws that prohibit freight from projecting beyond the width of the vehicle and objects from obstructing the driver’s view through the vehicle windows. HPD is aware of the growing number of vehicles displaying large flags and banners and has begun discussing the situation. The department’s primary concern is the safety of everyone using the road, and any object that impedes a driver’s view or distracts other drivers could possibly be a potential safety hazard,” said Michelle Yu, spokeswoman for the Honolulu Police Department.
“The public should call 911 if the vehicle is being operated in a hazardous manner, such as speeding or cutting off other vehicles,” she said.
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We’ve received similar questions from many other readers, referring to Oahu drivers who are flying flags in solidarity with Native Hawaiians and others on the island of Hawaii who have blocked construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea for the past three months. The state flag, flown upside down as a sign of distress, and a yellow, red and green flag adopted by some as a symbol of Hawaiian sovereignty, are commonly sighted.
Some readers calling Kokua Line said they too oppose construction of the TMT, on environmental or indigenous-rights grounds, and support flying the flags in controlled traffic situations, such as during parades or permitted convoys. But they object to flying such large flags from vehicles in regular traffic, especially on the freeway, which they described as dangerous and distracting.
Q: Which satellite city halls do state ID renewals? I can’t get anyone to answer the phone.
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A: On Oahu you can renew or replace (duplicate) your state ID at the Downtown, Hawaii Kai, Pearlridge or Windward City satellite city halls, or at any driver licensing center. Appointments are recommended. You can’t make an appointment by phone, only online. Go to www.honolulu.gov/csd and click on “appointments.”
Auwe
There wouldn’t be this rush for “gold stars” if the state had put them on their “REAL IDs” in the first place. We went through all of this already! We shouldn’t have to be paying again, not even $6 for a duplicate. — A reader
(Other readers have expressed similar sentiments, referring to the fact that the Hawaii’s Department of Transportation added the gold star to its federally compliant state IDs and driver’s licenses in 2018, years after other states adopted the standard mark of compliance. As of October 2020 the gold star will be required on any state ID or driver’s license a person uses to enter certain federal facilities, including the security line at U.S. airports.)
Mahalo
On Oct. 6, on the way back to my car after Children & Youth Day, I dropped a bank bag with cash and checks to deposit for a nonprofit. I didn’t realize I’d lost it until I got home. Friends searched the area and the parking garage and didn’t find it. Meanwhile, Katelyn of Salt Lake had found the bag and given it to her mom, Jonalyn, who found a receipt in the bag with the name and phone number of one of our members. She called the number, and we met her the following night to retrieve the bank bag. When we thanked her, she said, “I would hope any good-hearted citizen would do the same.” We are very glad Katelyn and Jonalyn are good-hearted citizens! — Grateful bookkeeper
Write to Kokua Line at Honolulu Star-Advertiser, 7 Waterfront Plaza, Suite 210, 500 Ala Moana Blvd., Honolulu 96813; call 529-4773; fax 529-4750; or email kokualine@staradvertiser.com.
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In Hawaii and on the mainland, law enforcement officers increasingly are serving as first responders in cases of mental health crisis. That role is visible every day on Honolulu streets, where many among thousands of homeless individuals are grappling with mental illness, addiction and disability-related challenges.
For officers lacking proper training, even minor confrontation can quickly escalate, putting all involved in danger — as individuals with mental illness don’t always respond to de-escalation tactics that work effectively on others.
For the sake of better community policing, it’s encouraging to see this year’s launch of Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training — a Honolulu Police Department partnership with the National Alliance on Mental Illness Hawaii (NAMI Hawaii), Hawaii Health and Harm Reduction Center and other community partners.
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Nationwide, some 3,000 communities now have CIT programs, which involve 40 hours of training to educate officers about mental health issues. Since the local effort got underway in August, nearly 60 HPD officers have completed coursework that stresses more social worker know-how and less use-of-force strategy. It’s necessary progress for HPD, whose officers in recent years have had to confront more mentally unstable individuals, some of them carrying weapons.
NAMI Hawaii’s executive director, Kumi Macdonald, describes the training as the “gold standard” in the movement to improve police response to crisis incidents. Further, she said, “Officers learning skills are less likely to be injured themselves while saving lives.”
In addition to instruction from mental health experts on techniques for peaceful handling of crisis situations, a vital part of CIT training involves people with mental illness and their families meeting with officers to share their stories about coping with problems or offering personal critiques of past interactions with law enforcement.
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Designed to focus largely on individuals in crisis who do not meet the legal requirements for involuntary treatment and intervention, CIT’s community- based approach aims to also include judges, doctors and other health care providers. The sensible intent is to connect people with needed treatment rather than jail time.
According to NAMI, in recent years, as people across the country are more likely to encounter police than get medical help during a mental health crisis, some 2 million people with mental illness are booked into jails annually. And while detained, many individuals don’t receive needed treatment and end up getting worse — setting the stage for trouble upon release.
Honolulu’s CIT program was initiated by way of a Federal Bureau of Justice Assistance grant secured by HPD last year, which allowed national experts to come to the islands to train police, NAMI Hawaii representatives and others, who can now train others. Previously, HPD officer training was largely limited to a six-hour session on mental health first-aid basics. Also, a social services-focused city Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion program has been in the works since 2018.
In addition to continuing to enroll HPD officers in training, Macdonald said NAMI Hawaii hopes to help bring the CIT to law enforcement personnel on neighbor islands as well as to state sheriff deputies, the state Department of Land and Natural Resources, and county fire departments. All of these first responders stand to benefit from the training.
Based on national mental health statistics, NAMI Hawaii estimates that at least 60,000 Hawaii residents live with one or more serious mental illnesses. Crisis Intervention Team training is a much-needed — and overdue — empathetic step in re-thinking community safety practices.
See MoreIn Hawaii and on the mainland, law enforcement officers increasingly are serving as first responders in cases of mental health crisis. That role is visible every day on Honolulu streets, where many among thousands of homeless individuals are grappling with mental illness, addiction and disability-related challenges.
For officers lacking proper training, even minor confrontation can quickly escalate, putting all involved in danger — as individuals with mental illness don’t always respond to de-escalation tactics that work effectively on others.
For the sake of better community policing, it’s encouraging to see this year’s launch of Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training — a Honolulu Police Department partnership with the National Alliance on Mental Illness Hawaii (NAMI Hawaii), Hawaii Health and Harm Reduction Center and other community partners.
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Nationwide, some 3,000 communities now have CIT programs, which involve 40 hours of training to educate officers about mental health issues. Since the local effort got underway in August, nearly 60 HPD officers have completed coursework that stresses more social worker know-how and less use-of-force strategy. It’s necessary progress for HPD, whose officers in recent years have had to confront more mentally unstable individuals, some of them carrying weapons.
NAMI Hawaii’s executive director, Kumi Macdonald, describes the training as the “gold standard” in the movement to improve police response to crisis incidents. Further, she said, “Officers learning skills are less likely to be injured themselves while saving lives.”
In addition to instruction from mental health experts on techniques for peaceful handling of crisis situations, a vital part of CIT training involves people with mental illness and their families meeting with officers to share their stories about coping with problems or offering personal critiques of past interactions with law enforcement.
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Designed to focus largely on individuals in crisis who do not meet the legal requirements for involuntary treatment and intervention, CIT’s community- based approach aims to also include judges, doctors and other health care providers. The sensible intent is to connect people with needed treatment rather than jail time.
According to NAMI, in recent years, as people across the country are more likely to encounter police than get medical help during a mental health crisis, some 2 million people with mental illness are booked into jails annually. And while detained, many individuals don’t receive needed treatment and end up getting worse — setting the stage for trouble upon release.
Honolulu’s CIT program was initiated by way of a Federal Bureau of Justice Assistance grant secured by HPD last year, which allowed national experts to come to the islands to train police, NAMI Hawaii representatives and others, who can now train others. Previously, HPD officer training was largely limited to a six-hour session on mental health first-aid basics. Also, a social services-focused city Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion program has been in the works since 2018.
In addition to continuing to enroll HPD officers in training, Macdonald said NAMI Hawaii hopes to help bring the CIT to law enforcement personnel on neighbor islands as well as to state sheriff deputies, the state Department of Land and Natural Resources, and county fire departments. All of these first responders stand to benefit from the training.
Based on national mental health statistics, NAMI Hawaii estimates that at least 60,000 Hawaii residents live with one or more serious mental illnesses. Crisis Intervention Team training is a much-needed — and overdue — empathetic step in re-thinking community safety practices.
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Navy officials will brief lawmakers and the public about their proposed plans for improving tank safety at the Red Hill Underground Fuel Storage Facility during meetings on Tuesday and Thursday. Those plans must ultimately be approved by the state Department of Health and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which don’t have a deadline for issuing a decision.
The Navy and Defense Logistics Agency last month submitted their long-awaited proposal for upgrading the aging facility and improving leak detection to regulators. The proposal includes sticking with the facility’s single-walled steel tank liners while permanently adopting its program for cleaning, inspecting and repairing the underground tanks. Top officials with the Honolulu Board of Water Supply have urged the Navy to double-wall its tanks, but the Navy concluded in its report that this would be costly and provide limited benefits.
The state Health Department and EPA ramped up regulation of the World War II-era facility after 27,000 gallons of fuel leaked from one of the 20 tanks nearly six years ago. The tanks sit just 100 feet above an aquifer that serves as a major source of Oahu’s drinking water.
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The Navy will present its proposal at a public meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Oahu Veterans Center in Honolulu.
There will also be a Fuel Tank Advisory Committee meeting Thursday at the state Capitol from 9 to 11 a.m. The committee, comprised of government regulators, state lawmakers, Hawaii’s congressional delegation and military officials, meets annually, primarily to provide updates on Red Hill, though the committee is tasked with studying issues related to leaks at other underground fuel storage tanks owned by the military. Navy officials are expected to brief officials on the studies they have completed on Red Hill as well as their proposed plans for facility upgrades.
Ernie Lau, manager and chief engineer of the Honolulu Board of Water Supply, last month called the Navy’s plan for upgrading its tanks disappointing and said its recommendation amounts to maintaining the status quo.
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Asked to comment on the plan, Bruce Anderson, director of the state Health Department, issued a statement Friday reiterating his view that the tanks need to eventually be moved.
“We encourage the public to review the proposal and provide their written comments or attend the upcoming meetings. Our priority in this process will continue to be the protection of Oahu’s drinking water and groundwater resources,” said Anderson. “The Department of Health contends that storing hundreds of millions of gallons of fuel over one of our most important aquifers poses an unacceptable long-term risk to our drinking water.”
The state Health Department and EPA will also hold a public meeting in November to hear public comments on the plan. An exact date and location have not been announced.
See MoreNavy officials will brief lawmakers and the public about their proposed plans for improving tank safety at the Red Hill Underground Fuel Storage Facility during meetings on Tuesday and Thursday. Those plans must ultimately be approved by the state Department of Health and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which don’t have a deadline for issuing a decision.
The Navy and Defense Logistics Agency last month submitted their long-awaited proposal for upgrading the aging facility and improving leak detection to regulators. The proposal includes sticking with the facility’s single-walled steel tank liners while permanently adopting its program for cleaning, inspecting and repairing the underground tanks. Top officials with the Honolulu Board of Water Supply have urged the Navy to double-wall its tanks, but the Navy concluded in its report that this would be costly and provide limited benefits.
The state Health Department and EPA ramped up regulation of the World War II-era facility after 27,000 gallons of fuel leaked from one of the 20 tanks nearly six years ago. The tanks sit just 100 feet above an aquifer that serves as a major source of Oahu’s drinking water.
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The Navy will present its proposal at a public meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Oahu Veterans Center in Honolulu.
There will also be a Fuel Tank Advisory Committee meeting Thursday at the state Capitol from 9 to 11 a.m. The committee, comprised of government regulators, state lawmakers, Hawaii’s congressional delegation and military officials, meets annually, primarily to provide updates on Red Hill, though the committee is tasked with studying issues related to leaks at other underground fuel storage tanks owned by the military. Navy officials are expected to brief officials on the studies they have completed on Red Hill as well as their proposed plans for facility upgrades.
Ernie Lau, manager and chief engineer of the Honolulu Board of Water Supply, last month called the Navy’s plan for upgrading its tanks disappointing and said its recommendation amounts to maintaining the status quo.
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Asked to comment on the plan, Bruce Anderson, director of the state Health Department, issued a statement Friday reiterating his view that the tanks need to eventually be moved.
“We encourage the public to review the proposal and provide their written comments or attend the upcoming meetings. Our priority in this process will continue to be the protection of Oahu’s drinking water and groundwater resources,” said Anderson. “The Department of Health contends that storing hundreds of millions of gallons of fuel over one of our most important aquifers poses an unacceptable long-term risk to our drinking water.”
The state Health Department and EPA will also hold a public meeting in November to hear public comments on the plan. An exact date and location have not been announced.
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