Category — law & order

I finally made it over to the west side for a few stories. There will be a few in the coming days.

The honorary first video story for the Kona side goes to the grand opening of a new police mini station.

The video is here: http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/20080822police.htm

KAILUA-KONA, HI - A new police ministation celebrates a long awaited grand opening at the Hale Halawai facility in Kailua-Kona. Speakers, both police and elected official alike, express gratitude for the grand opening, but remind residents that more is needed in the future.

It could be argued that I went overboard with the length of this one, and I would concede that I most likely did. However, I did pick up on an interesting underlying issue to this otherwise happy moment, and that seemed to be that the police are still far from having an ideal situation in that town. One look at the size of the ministation (hence the name) and you can see the concerns. If these issues are of interest to you, I recommend taking the time to listen to what the speakers had to say.

I would also like to note that Mayor Harry Kim and councilman Angel Pilago were not in attendance, but they were sure to have a representative there to express their well wishes and gratitude.