{"id":2105,"date":"2026-07-02T10:37:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T10:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=2105"},"modified":"2026-07-02T10:37:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T10:37:43","slug":"new-hpd-chief-addresses-fireworks-enforcement-staffing-plans-ahead-of-swearing-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=2105","title":{"rendered":"New HPD chief addresses fireworks enforcement, staffing plans ahead of swearing-in"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<section>\n<p>HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) &#8211; The day before his official swearing-in ceremony as Honolulu police chief, David Lazar joined police commissioners and offered several key updates.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=2103\">Body discovered in Hawaii Island stream<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the Fourth of July weekend, he said HPD will be staffed and out enforcing fireworks laws and overall safety. <\/p>\n<p>Chief Lazar himself will take part in a parade in Windward Oahu, and walk the Waikiki beat later that evening. <\/p>\n<p>Staffing and retention are already on his radar. Lazar said he\u2019s forming a recruitment plan to address more than 460 vacancies, and knows that morale needs to be boosted.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI think it starts with, is HPD a great place to work? And that is our goal,\u201d Lazar said. \u201cHow do we value our employees? How do we treat our employees? How do we support them? A salary is important, but feeling good about your work and who you report to, and whether you feel valued I think is number one, and that\u2019s what we need to be about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With the many meetings he has planned, he wants to explore why officers are leaving the department. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=2102\">State officials: That text message asking for payment for a traffic ticket is a scam<\/a><\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, commissioner Kenneth Silva also shared he\u2019s already been hearing positive feedback about the early engagement Lazar has done with the community and within the department.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re impressed with the engagement that you started when you weren\u2019t on island and now that you are on island for the past two weeks,\u201d Silva said. \u201cI think for me as a commissioner, as part of the selection process, that\u2019s very comforting, very encouraging. The amount of energy that you bring to the job is awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Onboarding has also been completed. Lazar shared his background check has cleared, and he passed required driving and firearms tests.<\/p>\n<p>Mission Memorial Auditorium on South King Street is expected to be packed for his swearing-in ceremony Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hawaiimovinginsider.com\/?p=2100\">Burial Council rejects iwi kupuna plan at Hawaiian Paradise Park<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The program begins at 10 a.m. and will be live-streamed on HawaiiNewsNow.com.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Incoming HPD Chief David Lazar says officers will enforce fireworks laws over the holiday weekend as he plans recruitment to fill more than 460 vacancies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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