On the agenda, accusations that an h-p-d officer did nothing while a woman was assaulted.

Shortly before 6pm Friday night, witnesses say several Hawaiian activists shoved an Iolani Palace employee against the gates as she was trying let someone inside.

A call to 9-1-1 tells the rest of the story.

Caller: "One of our employees was assaulted at the gate, by the group that's taking over. and the H-P-D officer who was here just left and he refused to help."
Dispatcher: "He just left?"
Caller: "He just left and said it was the responsibility of the state."

A portion of the incident was recorded by a reporter.

Officer Chan:"Ok, this is state jurisdiction. Where is DLNR officers?"

Later, another call for help came in to 9-1-1. This time from palace security.

Caller: "This is the Iolani Palace Security. We had the lockdown here at the Iolani palace. And now they're going into the Halekoa building, their barracks building."
Dispatcher: "okay, there's a officer..there's nobody on scene?"
Caller: "There has been but they haven't done anything yet at least from our point of view."

The executive director of Iolani Palace called the officer's response unacceptable.

"I can't imagine any officer acting appropriately after witnessing an assault and leaving the scene and I personally saw the officer drive away," said Kippen de Alba Chu, Iolani Palace Executive Director.

The police chief says a public affairs officer got a call from D-L-N-R saying there was a group taking over the palace.
H-P-D sent a sergeant to the scene to assess the situation.

Boisse Correa does say the officer called in and reported an assault but wouldn't say much more about the incident, except that it's being investigated by the attorney general.

"I don't know of a supervisor with that type of record sitting by , knowingly sitting by and watching someone getting assaulted. I don't know all the facts," said Boisse Correa, Honolulu Police Chief.

The chief says more than 50 officers were sent to the scene to assist state public safety officers. He stressed that there is no jurisdiction when it comes to protecting someone in danger. The issue will be discussed at a meeting Tuesday at the Governor's office.

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