Mitch Roth: crime spike just social media hysteria

[Jimbo2017]

I think that within ~7 days of creating a task force (PaulW mentioned) 2 known major (and violent) car thieves were found and arrested. This 'good' outcome goes to show the inadequate way the investigations were run prior to the taskforce. Like a taskforce needed to be created just for different cops to talk to each other and compare notes. Way to 'spin' it, HPD.

Seems like the investigators don't even talk to each other (this was my experience when my house was burgled a few years ago when a rash of burglaries was in the neighborhood. When different officers came to investigate both break-ins on my property within the same 2 weeks, they had no way to follow up with the previous report or evidence. I gave the officers pictures of all the stuff stolen from 4 different houses from all my neighbors, just so the report would have everything in one place for the 'investigation'. The police found and returned some of my stolen goods (had serial numbers to prove it) but I never received any information about restitution or court progress for the rest of the stuff taken). Talked to Mitch and the community police officers directly at a public meeting who promised they would follow up... *crickets*

Mauka Hilo-side