WHEW — NO STORM FOR BIG ISLAND
OLIVIA SAILS PAST HAWAII COUNTY, DUMPS RAIN ON MAUI
KAILUA-KONA — Steady can be
far more valuable than splashy.
Because it isn’t always the high
speed chases or wild foot pursuits
that end in arrests which earns an
officer an outstanding reputation
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Often — as is the case with Officer
Adam Roberg — it’s going above
and beyond and doing your job consistently
well that earns the utmost
respect in the law enforcement field.
“Sometimes it’s the big investigation
or the flashy case that
draws attention,” said Kona Crime
Prevention Committee board
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director Kim Taniyama. “But Officer
Roberg draws attention for his high
quality of work over a sustained
period of time, essentially every day
he shows up to work.”
Roberg, 32, was named Officer
of the Year by the Kona Crime
Prevention Committee Wednesday
HILO — Tropical Storm Olivia
dropped almost 8 inches of rain on part
of Maui and lashed the Lanai airport
with 51 mph wind gusts Wednesday,
while the Big Island dodged a bullet.
Hawaii County Civil Defense
Administrator Talmadge Magno
described preparations for Tropical
Storm Olivia, which passed to the north
of Hawaii Island, as “another good drill.”
“We had pretty much no impact,”
Magno told emergency workers and county
department chiefs Wednesday morning
at Civil Defense headquarters in Hilo.
The Red Cross opened an emergency
shelter at Waimea Community Center as
a precautionary measure.
“I think there was no occupants in the
shelter,” Magno said.
County beach parks in North Hawaii
were closed. One, Spencer Beach Park,
just south of Kawaihae, remains closed
until Friday for “routine maintenance,”
according to Civil Defense.
The storm did bring higher-than-normal
surf to East Hawaii beaches Tuesday.
“Honolii reported 10 to 15 feet and
Richardson up to 12 feet,” said Deanna
Marks, a National Weather Service
meteorologist.
Morris
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BY JOHN BURNETT
HAWAII TRIBUNE-HERALD
Waves break as Tropical Storm
Olivia approaches Oahu, Wednesday
in Laie. AP PHOTO/CALEB JONES SEE OLIVIA PAGE 5A
Ethics Board
punts on
honesty policy
BILL REQUIRING FACTUAL
INFO FACES FINAL
READING NEXT WEEK
BY NANCY COOK LAUER
WEST HAWAII TODAY
ncook-lauer@westhawaiitoday.com
HILO — Honesty may be said to be
the best policy, but it’s not a policy the
County Council, or the Board of Ethics,
seems eager to see set in law.
After a summer of discussion, postponement
and amendment, the council,
by a 5-3 vote, has given grudging
support to a bill adding language to the
ethics code that “officers and employees
shall provide accurate and factual information
to the public, including identification
of any referenced authority, to
the best of each officer’s or employee’s
abilities and knowledge.”
That’s a change from the original Bill
160 sponsored by Puna Councilwoman
Eileen O’Hara that would have stated,
“officers and employees should be
truthful.”
But even the new language wasn’t
enough to win over the Ethics Board,
which on Tuesday batted the issue back
to the council with a letter stating the
change is a policy matter best left to
the County Council, adding that any
change in the law should come with
clear definitions to assist the Ethics
Board in interpreting the wording of
the code.
SEE HONESTY PAGE 7A
Sea-goin’ crook hooked
SOCIAL MEDIA HELPS TRACK DOWN BOAT VANDAL
BY WEST HAWAII TODAY STAFF
KAILUA-KONA — A
couple headed on vacation
is $1,000 richer and a man
was set to spend the night in
jail after social media helped
track down the suspect who
vandalized the Body Glove
vessel Monday night in Kailua
Bay.
Maggie Brown, owner of
the Kanoa
II and Body
Glove Cruises
in Kailua-
Kona, posted
video and
sounded off
in a Facebook
post Tuesday
afternoon
after her vessel was boarded
without authorization and
vandalized. She also offered a
thousand bucks for information
leading to the suspect’s
arrest.
“It was just a mess,” Brown
said of the 65-foot catamaran
moored in Kailua Bay.
“When we boarded, a lot of
things were missing. The boat
was pretty much vandalized
— crap was all over the place.”
Employees found the boat
in disarray when they boarded Bhajan Morris is taken into custody shortly after 10 a.m. Wednesday. The man
allegedly swam out the Kanoa II owned by Body Glove Cruises and vandalized the
SEE HOOKED PAGE 4A vessel before removing items. MAGGIE BROWN/SPECIAL TO WEST HAWAII TODAY
Strong and steady
ADAM ROBERG NAMED OFFICER OF THE YEAR
BY CAMERON MICULKA
WEST HAWAII TODAY
cmiculka@westhawaiitoday.com
Kona Crime Prevention president Diane Blancett-
Maddock presents Adam Roberg his award for
being chosen Officer of the Year Wednesday at
the King Kamehameha Kona Beach Hotel. LAURA
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