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Committee amends, advances bill to formalize HPD media alerts; debate centers on 10-minute rule and who qualifies as 'media'
Summary
The committee amended Bill 46 to a posted CD1 (changing a required 'report' to an 'update') and reported it out for passage on third reading. Interim Chief Ronnie Vanek said HPD is beta-testing an alert system; journalists praised the measure while others warned against narrowing public access by defining 'qualified media.'
The Honolulu City Council public-safety committee on Thursday amended and advanced Bill 46, a measure to require the Honolulu Police Department to release certain public information to media and the public. The committee changed wording in the measure from a required ‘‘report’’ to an ‘‘annual update’’ and posted a CD1 with additional technical edits.
Interim Chief Ronnie Vanek told the committee HPD already has piloted an alerts…
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