A Top Hawaii Prison Official Faces An Internal Affairs Investigation … Human Resources Officer Shelley Harrington allegedly “strong-armed” an investigator into changing his report, unions say.
The state Department of Public Safety has opened an internal affairs investigation into actions taken by its Departmental Human Resources Officer Shelley Nobriga Harrington, a longtime correctional system administrator who allegedly pressured a subordinate to change an investigation report.
Harrington is the subject of a complaint by the United Public Workers and the Hawaii Government Employees Association, which last month accused Public Safety officials of turning a “blind eye to serious concerns and complaints about Harrington’s misconduct.”
Both unions also sued the department in Honolulu Circuit Court last week alleging that Harrington sent out a mass email on Aug. 19 that disclosed the Covid-19 vaccination status of 260 Public Safety staff members.
