Na'e fakaha 'e he Pule Kolo ko Richard Bissen he 'aho ni kuo fili 'a Amos Lonokailua-Hewett ko e pule fo'ou 'o e Potungaue Pule'i Fakavavevave 'o Maui (MEMA), 'o kamata 'i he 'aho 1 'o Sanuali, 2024. 'Oku ne 'omi ki he lakanga 'a e ta'u 'e 25 'o e ngaue mo e Potungaue Tamate Afi 'a Maui (MFD) kimu'a pea ne toki malolo ko e battalion9 chi1.

ʻI heʻene hoko ko e ʻulu ʻo e vahenga ako ʻa e MFD, naʻe fokotuʻu ai ʻe Lonokailua-Hewett ʻa e polokalama Ngāue ʻi he Keleʻanga ʻo e Afí ʻi he 2010 pea naʻá ne hoko ʻi ha taʻu ʻe hiva ko e talēkita ʻo e polokalamá ʻo fakatupulaki ʻa e polokalama “afi moʻui” ʻa e potungāué. Ko e fuofua faiako ia ʻi he polokalama Kaati Lanu Pulu ʻa e Siteiti ʻo Hauaiʻí ʻa ia naʻá ne ʻoatu ha fakamoʻoni fekauʻaki mo e puleʻi ʻo e ngaahi meʻa ʻoku hokó ki he kau ʻōfisa tāmate afí, ʻo ne hoko ko e talēkita ʻo e polokalamá ʻi ha taʻu ʻe valu. Na’a ne hoko foki ko e faiako taki ki he ngaahi fakamo’oni fakapalofesinale kehekehe ‘o kau ai ‘a e Tamate Afí I mo e II, ‘Ōfisa Tamate Afí I mo e II pea mo e Faiako Tamate Afí I mo e II.

Naʻá ne fakakakato ʻene mataʻitohi Bachelor of Science ʻi he Puleʻi ʻo e Afí ʻi he 2017, pea maʻu ha mataʻitohi Master ʻi he Puleʻi ʻo e Puleʻangá ʻo fakamamafaʻi ʻa e Puleʻi ʻo e Ngaahi Ngāue Fakavavevavé ʻi he 2019 mei he ʻUnivēsiti Kolomupia Fakatongá. Na`e fa`ele`i `i O`ahu pea tupu hake `i Maui, pea `oku lolotonga palesiteni `a Lonokailua-Hewett `i he kautaha fale`i fakavavevave & Ako `a Waihona LLC. Kuo ne fakahoko 'a e hula 'i he ta'u 'e 32 pea na'a ne 'osi faka'ofisiale mo tukufakaholo (uniki) 'i he malumalu 'o Loea Frank Kawaikapuokalani Hewett 'i he 2008 pea 'oku ne poto 'i he lea faka-Hauai'i.

“ʻOku tukupā loloto ʻa ʻĒmosi ki he moʻui lelei ʻa homau koló. Ko hono hisitōlia lahi mo e Potungāue Tāmate Afí ʻi Maui mo e ngāue ki he puleʻi ʻo e ngaahi meʻa fakatuʻupakē, fakataha mo ʻene aʻusia ʻi heʻemau senitā fakalele fakavavevave ʻi he Vahefonua Maui ʻe tokoni lahi ia ki hono fakamālohia ʻemau ngaahi feinga puleʻi ʻo e ngaahi meʻa fakavavevavé. ‘E ma’u ‘aonga hotau Vahefonua mei he’ene taki, taukei mo e fakapalofesinale. ʻOku ou ʻamanaki atu ke ne foki mai ki he ngāue fakapuleʻangá ko ha mēmipa mahuʻinga ʻo ʻemau timí,” ko e lau ia ʻa e Pule Kolo ko Bissen.