Defiant Prosecutor Chastises HPD And Judge For Actions In Sykap Case… Prosecuting Attorney Steve Alm said officers under investigation should have been separated and criticized the judge for disallowing an expert witness.
After a grand jury and a judge rejected murder charges for three Honolulu police officers in the killing of Iremamber Sykap, Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Steve Alm Monday took the unusual step of criticizing the Honolulu Police Department and a District Court judge for their handling of the case.
At a press conference, Alm chided HPD for allowing the officers involved in the shooting death to write their reports in the same squad room.
The prosecutor also took issue with Judge William Domingo, saying that several parts of the hearing “puzzled and disturbed me,” including the judge’s decision to block an expert witness for the prosecution, a former HPD trainer.
