(BIVN) – A recently retired lieutenant from the Hawaiʻi County Police Department is taking action, and has filed a complaint in regards to the ongoing police activity around Mauna Kea.

Juergen Canda is speaking out about the stepped up traffic enforcement efforts on Daniel K. Inouye Highway, conducted by “police assigned to be in place for the [Thirty Meter Telescope] protestor blockade and encampment on Mauna Kea access road”, as stated by the department.

Canda filed a complaint with the Hawaiʻi County Police Commission this week. He was recorded by Andre Perez of HULI, the Hawaiʻi Unity and Liberation Institute, one of the groups active in the Ku Kiaʻi Mauna movement. The video was posted to Facebook.

As of November 14, the Hawaiʻi Police Department says the combined total of its 13-week long Daniel K. Inouye Highway enhanced traffic enforcement effort stands at 6,585 citations issued and 62 persons arrested for 121 offenses. “The effort will continue for the duration of the ongoing protest situation to promote the safety of motorist and pedestrians alike,” police wrote.

This is what Canda wrote in his complaint: