HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Louis Kealoha, Honolulu's embattled police chief, has addressed the federal criminal investigation targeting him and his wife for the first time, telling a closed-door meeting of top police officials he's done nothing wrong, sources told Hawaii News Now. The chief tried to downplay the situation at an internal meeting of police brass this week, sources said, even as a special federal prosecutor has been brought in from California to oversee the criminal probe against him. Kealoha and his wife Katherine -- a top-ranking city prosecutor -- are the focus of an FBI investigation into whether they conspired to frame Kealoha's uncle in the theft of a mailbox from their home and used officers from special police units to do it. Kealoha has declined to comment on the federal probe but spoke briefly about it to a command meeting of top officers Wednesday at HPD headquarters. Kealoha told officers it will be proven that he made the right decisions and he's done nothing wrong, according to four people who were present at the meeting. Kealoha also acknowledged that he has supporters and detractors inside the police department, sources said. But Kealoha did not talk about a key issue that has many officers upset: whether he should be placed on paid leave during the investigation. Officers who refused to be identified for fear of retaliation said it's a double-standard to allow Kealoha to continue in his job as the top cop when any other police officer who's the focus of a federal criminal probe would immediately be placed on leave. http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/...robe-police-chief-says-hes-done-nothing-wrong Newly released records show that Honolulu Police Commissioner Loretta Sheehan was an early target of police chief Louis Kealoha and his wife, Katherine, a city prosecutor, who has described Sheehan as being “racially insensitive.” The documents highlight the lengths the Kealohas — who are under federal investigation for public corruption and abuse of power — have gone to maintain their innocence and launch attacks on their accusers, including prosecutors and the press. What’s become clear is that Sheehan, too, is in the crosshairs. Last week, Sheehan released records detailing how Louis Kealoha’s attorney, Kevin Sumida, planned to get her disqualified from voting on whether to provide the ex-police chief with taxpayer-funded legal counsel in a lawsuit related to the corruption probe. Included was a Sept. 7 letter Katherine Kealoha sent to members of the city police commission, urging them to ignore Sheehan’s call for an investigation into her husband. Sheehan, who was sworn in Aug. 15, had only been on the job a few weeks. “The Police Commission has to date courageously resisted the political winds fueled by innuendo, media leaks, and baseless allegations,” Kealoha wrote. “This is the reason why the Police Commission is appointed as an independent body. http://www.civilbeat.org/2017/06/kealohas-tried-to-discredit-police-commissioner/ Safe for Honolulu or No? https://www.pressreader.com/usa/honolulu-star-advertiser/20171019/281483571619035 FBI.... FEDERAL, BABY!!! SERIOUS CRAP. FEDERAL = NATIONAL NATIONAL = NATIONAL SECURITY AND WELFARE ONE MAN'S CORRUPTIVE LIFESTYLE AND DESIRES SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO PUT THE STATE OR NATION IN ANY KIND OF JEOPARDY. ANY 'HEAD' OF ANY SECURITY DEPARTMENT SHOULD NOT PUT THEIR CONSTITUENTS UNDER ANY KIND OF DANGER OR OPPRESSION. WHAT'S IN YOUR WALLET???
