HILO — A small Taser-mounted video camera captured the April 14 Tasering of a Keaau High School student. Campus security camera footage also recorded the incident.

Hawaii County Police Chief Harry Kubojiri said police have downloaded information from the Taser, including the video image, audio, and data that includes the time and duration of the incident in which one police officer found multiple students involved in a fight. Six arrests resulted.

Kubojiri said he had not yet reviewed the video information and that it would not be available to the public.

"We're not going to be releasing the video," Kubojiri said. "It's an ongoing investigation and juvenile privacy laws prevent it."

The same privacy issues will prevent the campus security footage from being released and school staff from discussing what the tape reveals. Keaau High's acting principal, Ron Jarvis, said a copy of the tape has been turned over to police and the DOE is cooperating fully with the police investigation. The education department is conducting its own investigation into the melee that resulted in police using a Taser to subdue a 17-year-old.

Jarvis said the school has multiple features to help ensure student safety, including the security camera system, security attendants, counselors, police patrols, fire and lockdown drills and other measures.

Board of Education members say it may be time for the BOE to review how much force should be used on campus.

The office of Maui board member Mary Cochran is looking into the incident. Cochran said there are cases where use of a Taser is justified, and she wasn't second-guessing the police officer's judgment. But she said questions remain.

"Is it going to be standard practice? I want to know the policy on the use of Tasers on school grounds, and is there a need to review what force is necessary on school grounds?" Cochran said. "My understanding is this was the first time, it was a melee, the boy was asked to stop four times and didn't stop."

Big Island board member Herbert Watanabe agreed there's a gray area.

"She's right. It's not spelled out," Watanabe said. "At what point do you go to that extent?"

Watanabe said his understanding is that the Tasered student "is OK, and not hurt at all."

He said that schools superintendent Pat Hamamoto is keeping him up to date on the investigation.

Kubojiri said the Police Department would follow up if there were any indication the officer misused the Taser, but all indications are that the use of force was appropriate.