Deputy chief completes FBI training

Kauai Deputy Police Chief Michael Contrades was presented with a peer-nominated honor after recently graduating from the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy.

Contrades was among 257 participants in the 248th session of the academy in Quantico, Va. Contrades’ peers honored him with the Excellence in Leadership award March 16.

According to the FBI National Academy website, the academy seeks to raise law enforcement standards, knowledge and cooperation worldwide.

Officers undergo specialized training and participate in courses that include behavioral and forensic science and leadership development.

Contrades is a 17-year veteran of the Kauai Police Department.

Lecture to cover property taxes during royal era

Thomas A. Woods, executive director of Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives, will give a lecture on Hawaiian kingdom property taxes from 5:30 to 7 p.m. today at the West Hawaii Civic Center, at the corner of Kealakehe Parkway and Ane Keohokalole Highway.

This is the third lecture in Kona Historical Society’s free monthly Hano­hano o Kona/ Honoring Kona Lecture Series, held in conjunction with the Hawaii County Mayor’s Office.

Woods said in a news release that kingdom property taxes and the policies that brought them about were "both a reflection of broader social changes occurring in Hawaii and a tool to create further change and promote stability at the same time."