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Police calls: Mayor Rick Blangiardi is wasting no time filling the holes on the Honolulu Police Commission. This as the seven-member panel is in the midst of hiring a new police chief following the retirement of Joe Logan in June .

The Police Commission has come under pretty heavy public scrutiny in the last couple years for its lax oversight of the police chief and the department in general. Logan was the third chief in the last 10 years to leave under a cloud but the commission also has been criticized for failing to embrace its mandate of investigating citizen complaints and for not taking a stronger hand in HPD policies and practic

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