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Merit Appeals Board <br />December 16, 2020 <br />REP. SHOOK: Okay. The question is, do you feel your record has anything to do with them <br />denying your ability to be a police officer? <br />MR. MUKAL Speculation. <br />CHR. NAMAHOE: Exactly. <br />REP. SHOOK: May I ask it, again? Do you feel you had done anything wrong that is on <br />record? <br />APPELLANT SHOOK: No. <br />REP. SHOOK: That's all. Thank you. <br />CHR. NAMAHOE: Thank you. Mr. Shook, Appellant Shook, what is your understanding of <br />why you were not selected as a recruit? <br />APPELLANT SHOOK: That is the case to which we bring this before the Board. We don't <br />know. I received several answers from several different individuals from Officer Davis (sic.), it <br />was my record. When we called him, he said it was my record. However, from Captain Wana <br />of the Police Department, she said someone said something. After asking for clarification, no <br />one communicated past that point. So, I honestly, do not know. And that's why I brought this <br />before the Board. <br />If it's my record, then that's fine. That is something that can be moved past, because it was a <br />petty misdemeanor that was expunged. However, if it's somebody said something, then I <br />shouldn't even apply because that means nowhere in the State or anywhere am I ever going to <br />get in, if that's the case but no one would clarify. If that makes any sense. <br />CHR. NAMAHOE: Having said that, I'm going to ask that of you one more time. I want you to <br />synthesize it for me. What is your understanding? <br />APPELLANT SHOOK: My understanding based on the situation at -hand was that I was singled <br />out, for some reason or another, to simply not be accepted. <br />CHR. NAMAHOE: Now, the jurisdiction of this Board is very broad the Merit Appeals <br />Board. But, specifically, what we need from you today is what specific laws, rules, or <br />regulations are you alleging that were broken, that resulted in you being disqualified? What <br />specific laws? <br />APPELLANT SHOOK: I do not know at this time the specific HRS number or laws in question. <br />I don't know if intimidation by an officer is illegal. Honestly, I don't. I don't know if the <br />manage (sic.) which I was handled during procedure was acceptable by the Police Department in <br />this County that is why we went to the Police Commission Board to ask that's why we made <br />request. And the Police Commission just said we don't—we can't do this here, basically. <br />Page 29 <br />