The chief of the Hawaii Police Department will not step down from his post ahead of a decision by the Honolulu Police Commission about who will serve as interim chief of the Honolulu Police Department.

Hawaii police Chief Ben Moszkowicz is one of two applicants for the interim position after Mayor Rick Blangiardi announced HPD Chief Arthur “Joe” Logan’s retirement on Monday and “strongly” recommended that Moszkowicz becomes the interim chief.

Moszkowicz and Thomas K. Aiu, a retired U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent with a law degree, have applied for the interim job with the Honolulu Police Commission

Blangiardi reached out to Moszkowicz on May 30 to ask if he would consider returning to HPD as its interim chief. Moszkowicz and Blangiardi spoke again Monday when Moszkowicz ex

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