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Unlike other city officials under investigation by the feds, Amemiya will not be going on leave, city officials say.

COVID-19 shut things down for a bit. But prosecutors are back in town and recently called former police commissioner Max Sword before the grand jury.

Secrecy has long masked serious incidents of misconduct and outright corruption within the ranks of the Honolulu Police Department.

For too many years, lawmakers have turned aside efforts to allow public scrutiny of police misconduct. Now outrage over abuse of power should outweigh any pushback by the police union.

Gerard Puana’s attorney wants a federal judge to lift a temporary hold on the case so that a resolution can be found.

In a series of sentencing memos filed Friday, prosecutors are seeking the harshest sentences for the Kealohas and their co-conspirators.

Honolulu Police Chief Susan Ballard and the city’s top civil attorney have submitted letters to a federal judge that could be used to increase the sentences for Louis and Katherine Kealoha.

She was a key witness against her granddaughter and former Honolulu Police Chief Louis Kealoha during their recent public corruption trial.

Even if Honolulu’s lawsuit succeeds, it could take a long time for the city to get the money back.

Tenari Maafala left the Honolulu Police Department in 2018 after he was moved to another assignment by the new police chief.