Honolulu Police Commissioner Is Stepping Down To Allow More Diversity … Former judge Michael Broderick has been on the commission about 15 months.
Honolulu Police Commissioner Michael Broderick said he won’t seek reappointment when his term runs out in December and is urging Mayor Rick Blangiardi to use the opportunity to diversify the commission.
Broderick, who was appointed to the position in August 2020 by former Mayor Kirk Caldwell, wrote in an op-ed published in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser on Sunday that he recently asked Blangiardi not to re-nominate him.
Advocates for police reform heralded Broderick’s decision as a victory. Some, including those at the HPC Taskforce, a police commission watchdog, have been urging the commission to increase diversity for months.
