Hawaiʻi Island joins Kauaʻi and Honolulu in their search for a top cop after deciding not to keep Ben Moszkowicz on as chief.

HILO >> The Hawaii County Police Commission declined to let Chief Benjamin Moszkowicz withdraw his retirement letter Thursday ...

JOHN BURNETT / HAWAII TRIBUNE-HERALD Hawaii County Police Chief Benjamin Moszkowicz addresses the Hawaii County Police Commission today in Hilo. A motion to accept the withdrawal of his resignation ...

The nine-member Hawaiʻi County Police Commission needed five votes to allow Moszkowicz to take back a letter of resignation ...

Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi said he was acting in the best interest of the Honolulu Police Department when he recommended Hawaii County Police Chief Ben Moszkowicz serve as HPD’s interim chief.

Police Chief Benjamin Moszkowicz addresses the Hawaii County Police Commission on Thursday in Hilo. A motion to accept ...

The Hawaii County Police Commission denied Thursday Moszkowicz’s request to withdraw his resignation. The decision comes weeks after he submitted his resignation to be Honolulu’s interim police chief ...