Kalawao County only includes the land of the Kalaupapa peninsula. Maui County includes the islands of Molokai (except for Kalawao County), Maui, Lanai, and perhaps several other smaller islands AND the waters adjacent to those islands.
HI Statute says that a person is considered dead when a qualified doctor or nurse expresses the belief that the cessation of pulse and respiration is irreversible, and the place and time of death is wherever and whenever the pulse and respiration were first both ceased.
So if she had no pulse while she was in the water it is unquestionably Maui County jurisdiction, which the MCPD confirmed by openinq a normal (non-”Outside Assistance”) case for this “death”. They later chanqed it to an “Outside Assistance” case, acknowledqinq that there was no death within their jurisdiction. And then a couple hours later they ordered an autopsy claiminq authority from HRS 841-3 which they now claim was not in effect.
What if it -was- in their jurisdiction but they asked for outside help?
Or if the outside help invited themselves?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3225949/posts?page=206#206
Thanks for the info on the county borders, and for the info about the MCPD changing the story.
Ethical,
Pinging you to this post; your thoughts on the MCPD flipflopping?