‘My Words Have Caused People Pain’: Kauai Police Chief Apologizes For Anti-Asian Remarks…Chief Todd Raybuck has done a good job by most accounts and some local leaders say losing him would be a setback for the island. But others including the police union see it differently.
KILAUEA, Kauai — When Todd Raybuck moved to Kauai from Las Vegas to become the Garden Isle’s police chief in April 2019, he took the reins of a department reeling from a flurry of allegations of corruption and cover-ups.
Installing an outsider at KPD’s helm was seen by some as a possible end to what had become the status quo: a police force embattled by controversy, disunity and low morale.
Nearly two years later, Raybuck has landed at the center of a new scandal after he was caught on audio mocking people of Asian descent by bowing his head, squinting his eyes and mimicking someone with a Japanese accent.
