09-26-2019, 12:21 AM
Maybe she trained the wrong button pushers?
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - The controversial head of training for more than a thousand state deputy sheriffs and adult correctional officers did not show up Wednesday for a hearing to defend her qualifications.
Marte Martinez told a representative for the Department of Public Safety that she had a 'family emergency’.
Martinez was ordered to appear before the Hawaii Labor Relations Board to answer questions about her resume and education achievements after a series of Hawaii News Now reports in April that raised doubts.
Martinez had been promoted a handful of times with PSD and on each promotion application, she seemed to have additional degrees or certificates.
For her promotion in 2015, she lists a Bachelor’s of Arts from Southern Oregon State College, now called Southern Oregon University, but an email from that school’s enrollment office shows, they could not find any record indicating Martinez had obtained a degree from the institution.
Another document lists a degree from St. Joseph’s College in Standish, Maine #8213; but in another email, school officials said they “could not find a J. Marte Martinez in the database.”
Martinez qualifications are important because ACOs and deputies have been criticized for their lack of training, after recent, high profile incidents.
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HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - The controversial head of training for more than a thousand state deputy sheriffs and adult correctional officers did not show up Wednesday for a hearing to defend her qualifications.
Marte Martinez told a representative for the Department of Public Safety that she had a 'family emergency’.
Martinez was ordered to appear before the Hawaii Labor Relations Board to answer questions about her resume and education achievements after a series of Hawaii News Now reports in April that raised doubts.
Martinez had been promoted a handful of times with PSD and on each promotion application, she seemed to have additional degrees or certificates.
For her promotion in 2015, she lists a Bachelor’s of Arts from Southern Oregon State College, now called Southern Oregon University, but an email from that school’s enrollment office shows, they could not find any record indicating Martinez had obtained a degree from the institution.
Another document lists a degree from St. Joseph’s College in Standish, Maine #8213; but in another email, school officials said they “could not find a J. Marte Martinez in the database.”
Martinez qualifications are important because ACOs and deputies have been criticized for their lack of training, after recent, high profile incidents.
HPP
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