Senate Committee on Judiciary and Labor (JDL) - chair: Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran, vice chair: Maile S.L. Shimabukuro

Friday, February 27, 2015, 9:05 a.m., Room 016

Testifier: Douglas Meller, Co Chair, Legislative Committee

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Chair Keith-Agaran, Vice-Chair Shimabukuro, and Committee Members: The League of Women Voters of Hawaii strongly supports SB 497, SD 1 which amends the Uniform Information Practices Act (UIPA) to implement court rulings which require disclosure of the names of county police officers who have been suspended but not discharged for misconduct. UIPA should apply exactly the same way to county police officers who have been suspended for misconduct as to other public employees who have been suspended for misconduct. There is no compelling public benefit from keeping secret the name of any public employee who has been suspended for misconduct. Thank you for the opportunity to submit testimony