Editorial: HPD pays for its compassion

Yet another incident has underscored the fact that there’s no such thing as a “routine” police call. On Monday morning, police responding to a call about a suspicious man in a car in Kaimuki, ended with an officer’s vehicle being taken, leading police on an islandwide chase. A manhunt for the suspect ended Tuesday when he was caught in Waiahole.

Police are reviewing the chain of events, which included the officer whose 4Runner was stolen being hit by his own vehicle. HPD policy allows officers to keep their vehicles running when making a stop — so the suspect, who had not been handcuffed, allegedly made off with the vehicle after officers complied with his request for a bathroom break. HPD might just have to review its compassion policy, too.

McCain found happiness in Hawaii

For someone who traveled the globe the way the late U.S. Sen. John McCain did, it’s not surprising that there would be a big Hawaii connection. Various published reports chronicle the 1979 Honolulu reception held for a Senate China tour group that made a Hawaii stop. There McCain, a Navy liaison to the Senate, met Cindy Hensley, whose father was a Phoenix beer distributor.

After McCain divorced his first wife and married Hensley, he went to work for his father-in law’s company, which his new wife later inherited. That was also what brought him to Arizona — and that’s another love story.