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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 88-161

  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • police force: includes among others, jailors, turnkeys, guards, matrons, lunas, and cooks employed in any county jail. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 88-152

Any member of the police force, fire department or band who is dismissed therefrom for any cause other than for being convicted of a felony, after the member shall have been in actual service for twenty years or more, shall receive from the pension system a monthly payment equal to forty per cent of the average monthly compensation for the ten years of service immediately preceding the member’s dismissal.