Hawaii Joint Police Association

2001 HALL OF FAME - PLANK OWNERS

Hall of Fame Members of the HJPA received honors from the City and County of Honolulu for their recognition.

Pictured are Hall of Famers: Ron and Patricia Jones, Steve Alm, Lee Donohue, Warren Ferreira, Don Devaney with HJPA and Council member Rene Mansho at the far right. Other members of the council in the rear include Duke Bainum, Chair Jon Yoshimura, Gary Okino, Romy Cachola, John Henry Felix, and next to Don Devaney is Rene Mansho.

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Year 2001 Inductees

  • Peter Carlisle - Prosecuting Attorney, City and County of Honolulu
  • Steven Alm - United States Attorney, District of Hawaii
  • Lee Donohue - Chief of Police, Honolulu Police Department
  • Warren Ferreira - HPD (Retired), Outrigger Hotels, HVISA
  • Bill Fitzpatrick - US Army CID (Retired)
  • Patricia Jones - Sonitrol of Hawaii
  • Raymond Wong* - US Navy Base Police
    *Deceased


    STEVEN S. ALM

    United States Attorney, District of Hawaii

    Steven S. Alm was sworn in as the United States Attorney for the District of Hawaii on November 4, 1994. He is a member of the Organized Crime/Violent Crime and Asset Forfeiture subcommittees of the Attorney General's Advisory Committee. He serves locally as Chair of the Hawaii High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Executive Committee and Chair of the Weed and Seed Executive Committee.

    Mr. Alm worked as a Westlaw Editor for West Publishing Company from 1983-1985. He served as Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for the City and County of Honolulu from 1985 until 1994. During that time, he was a Felony Team Supervisor and Director of the District and Family Court Division and personally handled complex homicide cases.

    Steve has served as an Adjunct Professor at the Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii. He is a member of the Hawaii State Bar Association, American Bar Association, Hawaii Prosecuting Attorneys Association, and sits on the Governor's Committee on Crime.

    Mr. Alm is a graduate of McGeorge School of Law, University of Pacific, Juris Doctor, 1983, and received his Masters Degree in Education from the University of Oregon in 1979. He is a member of the Hawaii and Minnesota State bars.

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    LEE D. DONOHUE

    CHIEF OF POLICE, HONOLULU POLICE DEPARTMENT

    Lee Dixon Donohue was sworn in as the eighth Chief of Police for the Honolulu Police Department on April 20, 1998. As the Chief, he is responsible for the operation and administration of the City and County of Honolulu's primary law enforcement agency and its 2,500 sworn and civilian personnel. This jurisdiction encompasses the entire island of Oahu,

    Where 70 percent of the state of Hawaii's 1.2 million residents live. Hawaii's capitol and center of commerce, Honolulu, is located on Oahu.

    Chief Donohue joined the Honolulu Police Department in 1964. He has spent most of his career in field patrol and, as a major, commanded the patrol operations from Pearl City to Waianae for six years. He has also worked in the Records and Identification, Communications and

    Narcotics-Vice divisions as well as Internal Affairs. Prior to his selection as Chief, he held the rank of Deputy Chief, the department's second highest rank, and oversaw field operations.

    Chief Donohue has developed and implemented several prominent operations and programs, including Critical Incident Stress Debriefing and Operation Green Harvest, a large-scale marijuana eradication effort. An accomplished karate instructor (sixth degree black-belt), he is a

    Co-founder of Kick-Start Karate, a martial arts program that encourages at-risk youths to excel in school. His professional memberships include the International Association of Chiefs of Police, Hawaii State Law Enforcement Officials Association, Council of Police and Private Security,

    Honolulu Police Relief Association, and The 200 Club, an organization of prominent business leaders dedicated to supporting police efforts, and is an Honorary Member of the Hawaii Joint Police Association.

    Of Korean-Irish ancestry, Chief Donohue is a graduate of McKinley High School, Honolulu Community College and Chaminade University. He is married to his high school sweetheart, the former Lucille Park. They have two sons, the oldest of whom is a Honolulu police officer, and two daughters.

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    PATRICIA S. JONES

    Sonitrol of Hawaii, Inc.

    Patricia Mizuo Jones, Executive Vice President of Sonitrol of Hawaii, Inc., thanks the Hawaii Joint Police Association for the signal honor of being the first female to be elected to the HJPA Hall of Fame. Pat says she would like to believe that by electing her, the members of the HJPA are expressing their recognition of women in the security industry. While women in public and private security are seldom in the headlines because of heroic deeds, they are the unsung heroes of many a crisis. Frequently, they are the ones who work behind the scenes to "get things done" when they need to be done. They work to keep their organizations running smoothly and provide that extra something that makes the difference between just doing the job and doing it well.

    Pat was born and raised in Hawaii, is a Roosevelt High School graduate and received her bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Hawaii, Manoa, where she was elected to both Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Beta Kappa Honor Societies. She started out as a teacher, including short stints in Saigon and Tokyo when her husband, Ron Jones, was serving in the Army. Pat has been a member of the private security industry since 1979. She worked for several years at Sonitrol of Fresno before joining with Ron in opening the Sonitrol franchise in Honolulu in 1983.

    Together they have built a company that seeks to provide the very best in security services, working constantly to stay at the forefront of the industry and to help make Hawaii an even better place in which to live. Sonitrol of Hawaii, Inc. was named a Top Cop Best Private Security organization in 1996, a Sonitrol Dealer of the Year in 1996, and this year was listed among the top 100 security companies in the nation by Security Dealers Magazine. Pat credits their excellent staff of long time employees, especially her son David and daughter Lisa, who maintain the quality of installation and monitoring services that have built Sonitrol's reputation for quality over the past 17 years.

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    PETER CARLISLE

    Prosecuting Attorney, City and County of Honolulu (Observations as reported by Bud Smyser)

    HONOLULU'S city prosecutor, Peter Carlisle, has multiple keys to his success. He's quick, bright and tough. He's also, as shown by a 1995 encounter with a drug-crazed thug, personally courageous. But one of his greatest strengths is his ability to boil concepts down to their essence and express them clearly.

    Here are some Carlisle-isms:

    On Himself -- "I am both a lawyer and a politician so in the natural scheme of the universe that puts me two full steps beneath road-kill."

    On the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility -- "HYCF was constructed at a cost of $12 million. There are 30 beds at HYCF. This is a per bed construction cost of $400,000. If any of you out there live in a home where the per bed construction cost was $400,000, would you mind inviting my wife and me over for the weekend? "It costs $70,000 a year to confine one juvenile in HYCF. If we decided not to spend so much money on the juvenile criminal we could send a half dozen non-criminally inclined students to Iolani, Kamehameha, Punahou, St. Louis, or any of Hawaii's other top schools for a year. I don't have a hard time figuring out which would be a better investment in Hawaii's future."

    On Prison Construction -- "To understand why the last time we built a prison in Hawaii cost over $100,000 per bed you need only to look at the thickness of the concrete walls at the Halawa facility. There is enough concrete out there to build a new great pyramid in Egypt. Because we all live so close to Pearl Harbor we occupy ground zero in the event of a nuclear attack. However, we can all take some comfort in the fact that should the bomb be dropped on Oahu, although you and I will be evaporated, our criminals stand an excellent chance of surviving."

    On Government -- "When I returned to government from the private sector I had to be taught about 'free' money. Free money comes from some source other than the source of your main budget. For example, since my office is a city and county office, most of my money comes from the city and county. Money that comes from the federal government or some other funding source is 'free.' Silly me. I thought all money came out of somebody's pocket. "In the private sector, if you have an employee who is not carrying his fair share of the work or is detrimental to office morale, you take appropriate action. In government one must always remember that it is far easier to kill a vampire at midnight than it is to discipline a lazy civil servant."

    On Rehabilitation -- "Everybody wishes there was a pill called rehabilitation that you could give to criminals that would stop them from committing further criminal acts. We haven't been able to find such a cure for the common criminal any more than we have been able to find a cure for the common cold. "The greatest cure for the common criminal is age. It goes something like this. Were any of you 18 years old at some point in your life? Are any of you now over the age of 35? Have you noticed a difference?"

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    WARREN FERREIRA, M.A., CPP

    Mr. Ferreira has been in the private security field since 1990 and is the Corporate Director for Security and Support Services, Outrigger Hotels and Resorts. He had over twenty-nine years experience in police work wit4h the Honolulu Police Department. He was the Deputy Chief of Police for six and a half years. Warren has lectured at the university level in Criminal Justice and Political Science. He is a member of the Disaster Preparedness Committee, ASIS and is the President of CrimeStoppers Honolulu; the Hawaii Visitor Industry Security Association (HVISA); and the Fountains at Makiki Condominium Association. He holds a Master's Degree from Central Michigan University in Public Administration and received his Bachelor's Degree from Chaminade University. He is a certified protection professional (CPP) since 1988.

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    WILLIAM J. FITZPATRICK
    Submitted by: Hubert "Herb" Marlow (CA)

    What is a "Hero"? I think the person that never talks about it but did something heroic is a true hero, and the actions, and subsequent awards, three Purple Hearts, one Silver Star (V) and one Bronze Star (V) given William J. Fitzpatrick, during WWII, truly make him a hero. We have a few more that are members of the CIDAA, that fall into the same category; I can think of one but do not have sufficient information to write about him. Having said that, I would now like to tell you about William J. Fitzpatrick, who does not know Išm writing this article, which is written as a tribute to him.

    Fellow CID member, William J. Fitzpatrick was born on 09 Apr 24, at Cross Keys Village, County Caven Island, Ireland. During Apr 36, Bill and his family moved to Jersey City, NJ, on an involuntary basis, be-cause his father was forced to leave Ireland due to political differences with the then Irish ruling politicians.

    During Apr 41, Bill at the ripe old age of 17, joined the USMC, and at the outbreak of WWII, found himself serving with an Anti Aircraft Unit on Samoa. Bill wanted some excitement and when he met members of the Marine Corps Raiders it didnšt take him long to come to the conclusion that he wanted to be a Raider.

    During Feb 42 he joined the Marine Corps Raiders, and as a member of the Raiders, who participated in many of the major landings and fought behind enemy lines, creating havoc for the Japanese, he was a participant. While fighting on Guadalcanal Canal Bill was wounded from a grenade and received his first Purple Heart. The second time Bill was wounded, was while fighting at Bougainville, where his unit was shelled and engaged in close combat. Bill was bayoneted in the leg and had to pretend he was dead or he would in fact have been dead because neither the Raiders nor the Japanese took prisoners during common engagements. Bill's actions during combat at Bougainville resulted in his being awarded the Silver Star Medal for Valor. While fighting on Guam Bill was wounded a third time, receiving his third Purple Heart Medal, and he was also awarded the Bronze Star for Valor for his actions during that combat. At this time he was declared a Non-Combatant and assigned on board a Merchant Ship. He was with the raiders from Feb 42 to the spring of 1944. The son of President Roosevelt was an officer in the Raiders, which were disbanded during 1944, probably at the urging of Mrs. Roosevelt.

    During 1945 Bill was one of the first members of the newly formed USMC CID, and served as a CID Agent at Sing Tsingtao, China, from 1945 to the end of 1947, with fellow CIDAA member Ace Arciaga. He was discharged from the USMC and assigned to a Reserve Unit, but remained in the Reserves only for about two months. During Jan 48 joined the U.S. Army as a CID Agent, attending the CID School at the U.S. Army Military Police and Special Weapons School, Oberammergau, Germany during Feb 48. He was assigned to the 13th CID, HQ in Munich, Germany, with duty station at Berchtesgaden, Germany, were he met our fellow member Al Miller (My first Chief at the 86th MP Det (CI), Ft. Benning). Bill remained at Berchtesgaden until Apr 51. During May 51, while the Korean War (pardon-Police Action) was in progress, Bill was assigned to the 44th CID, HQ in Japan, serving with a detachment of that unit at Yong-Do Island, Pusan, Korea until Sep 52. During Sep 52, he was assigned to the Presidio of San Francisco, which made him extremely unhappy, and after pulling a few strings he departed from there about two months later, and was again assigned to the 13th CID, this time with duty station Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, where he remained until late 1955. From late 1955 to sometime in 1956, he was assigned to the 10th CID, Governoršs Island, NY. From 1956 to Jan 60, he was assigned to Bordeaux, France. During Jan 60 he was assigned to Ft. Monmouth, NJ, where he remained until Nov 63. While assigned to Ft. Monmouth, Bill was heavily involved in the protection of Mafia turncoat Joseph Vallacci. From Nov 63 to late 64 or early 65, he was assigned to the Army Materiel Command, serving in a one man slot at the 142nd Quartermaster Depot, Pusan, Korea, in an quasi undercover assignment and it was during this period that I met Bill. When Billšs old friend RB Stanton transferred to the 65thMP Det (CI), my unit of assignment, Bill transferred to the 65th where he remained until shortly before his retirement on 1 May 66, having faithfully served his country for 26 years.

    Bill was employed with the U.S. Embassy, Thailand but returned to Pusan, Korea when his wife became pregnant with his daughter. He then worked for the Casino Pusan from to as a fully retired during, with plans of moving to Hawaii so his children would get an American education. Tragedy struck on 12 Jan 82, while Bill was in HI, with his two children looking for an apartment, and his wife was at their residence in Pusan, when as a result of carbon monoxide, caused by the old style under the floor heating system, his wife died.

    Bill and his wife Theresa were married on 15 Aug 66, and had two children, William and Catherine, and Bill currently resides with Catherine and his son in law Key, at Dixon, California.

    Bill is a lifetime member of the HJPA and served as Chaplain for the period 1994 - 1998 before relocating to California.

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    RAYMOND WONG

    USAF and Naval Base Police Department, Pearl Harbor

    The late Raymond Wong was a mainstay at the HJPA for more than 20 years. Ray was a career member of the U.S. Air Force and upon retirement was hired as a police officer with the Naval Base Police Department at Pearl Harbor. He joined the HJPA and had a perfect attendance record for more than 20 years. He was the "permanent" sergeant at arms and because of him the HJPA always had a meeting room well prepared for all occasions. He obtained a beautiful HJPA flag that is still in use to this day and contributed to the association at all times. He participated in special events, training seminars and anything else that the association endorsed. He was a mainstay of the organization and is sorely missed by all that knew him.

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