10-08-2014, 07:18 PM
When stating that the voters of Hawaii County are the victims, and can get whatever information is available to a victim from a law enforcement agency is incorrect. No matter how the "voters of Hawaii County" frame it .
Victims can not be defined as an "entity" or "corporation" or "LLC" in a criminal matter for the purpose of entitlement to the on-going investigative information. There is no victim in the sense of what we are use to hearing in other crimes such as sexual assault, robbery, burglary etc… The real question is "need to know"?
Nor can or should complainants get information of the on-going criminal investigation from a law enforcement agency.
Have you ever heard the FBI provide information of an on-going criminal investigation, for example in a "Threats of Terrorism" case, where the citizens of the United States are the so called "victims" - rare!
From reading above, the law enforcement agency, if in fact is conducting a criminal investigation may have provided information to a reporter, who in turn provided it to a complainant.
Victims can not be defined as an "entity" or "corporation" or "LLC" in a criminal matter for the purpose of entitlement to the on-going investigative information. There is no victim in the sense of what we are use to hearing in other crimes such as sexual assault, robbery, burglary etc… The real question is "need to know"?
Nor can or should complainants get information of the on-going criminal investigation from a law enforcement agency.
Have you ever heard the FBI provide information of an on-going criminal investigation, for example in a "Threats of Terrorism" case, where the citizens of the United States are the so called "victims" - rare!
From reading above, the law enforcement agency, if in fact is conducting a criminal investigation may have provided information to a reporter, who in turn provided it to a complainant.