The World According to Cheever: Pacific Century Fellows

Purpose statement

This blog will provide a record of my activities while participating in the Pacific Century Fellows program; starting up Kuleana Micro-Lending; assisting Rep. Jessica Wooley, Common Cause Hawai'i and Voter Owned Hawai'i in their legislative initiatives; and working with the Clarence T.C. Ching PUEO (Partnerships in Unlimited Educational Opportunities) program. I've also included excerpts from books and magazines I've read, along with presentations and lectures I've attended that address relevant topics and issues.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Pacific Century Fellows— Public Safety, part 3

To end the day we visited Ke Kula Maka'i, the Honolulu Police Department's training school in Waipahu. There we were greeted by Chief Louis Kealoha, saw a video about the Police Academy process, got demonstration of the new S.W.A.T. tools that will be employed by HPD in the event of a terrorist attack and for protection of visiting diplomats during the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation conference, and got a chance to view the S.W.A.T. K-9 unit. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves. (Thanks to Lisa Bail for taking them.)