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DHHL enforcement unit seeks more staff, cites drones and interagency help in recent removals
Summary
David Hoke, enforcement unit administrator, told the Hawaiian Homes Commission the unit handled dozens of investigations and removals this month and is pressing for additional staff, legal-assistant support and mediation resources to manage rising workload.
David Hoke, administrator for the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands enforcement unit, told the Hawaiian Homes Commission on Sept. 16 that his four-person team handled 17 investigation requests in a recent reporting window and completed site work including a commercial eviction and removal of unauthorized occupants.
“We did our first site visit with Mike Lambert from the Department of Law Enforcement to go install those high-tech traffic cameras,” Hoke said, and described collaboration with Lambert’s office on a commercial eviction in Mapunapuna and a removal of squatters from a vacant home in Waianae Valley. Hoke said those responses were timelier because of the…
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