Police Commission Clarifies HPD Chief’s $250K Deal
Louis Kealoha will have to pay back his settlement if he’s found guilty of a felony within聽six years. Documents released last week聽said it was seven years.
The Honolulu Police Commission issued a correction Monday that made clear outgoing Police Chief Louis Kealoha will have to give back a $250,000 severance payment if he鈥檚 convicted of a felony within six years of his retirement, not seven as was initially reported.
Last week, the commission had released the terms of Kealoha鈥檚 retirement deal to the press after several hours of closed-door negotiations.
The agreement included a provision that stated the chief, who has been named as a target of a U.S. Justice Department public corruption investigation, would have to payback his $250,000 settlement should be found guilty of a felony in seven years.
Civil Beat had posted the agreement with the seven-year provision in its entirety in an article published Wednesday. That piece also noted that Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell鈥檚 statement to the press misrepresented the terms of the provision when he said the chief would give back the money in six years if found guilty.
It turns out the mayor was right.
Here鈥檚 the Police Commission鈥檚 letter to Civil Beat noting its mistake, along with an updated version of the chief鈥檚 retirement agreement:
