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Former Honolulu medical examiner Dr. Christopher Happy was tailed by an elite intelligence unit at the request of the mayor’s office.

The public can finally learn why an arbitrator felt HPD Sgt. Darren Cachola should not have been fired after a video surfaced showing him fighting with his girlfriend.

City Councilman Tommy Waters identified holes that remain in the department’s handling of misconduct, especially when it involves the chief.

In addition to restitution, Louis Kealoha will have to pay the city back for his severance.

Chief Susan Ballard said officers may have broken internal guidelines, but federal funds were used for legitimate pandemic-related enforcement.

The audit was requested in the aftermath of the Kealoha scandal.

Mayor Kirk Caldwell says the city will pay for inappropriate OT costs and federal relief money will be used for other programs.

Updated: A national organization has volunteered to help the board in the meantime as members prepare to ask the Legislature for help again.

In just two years on the job, Hawaii’s top federal law enforcement officer has taken down some fearsome foes.

Katherine Kealoha and her husband, retired Honolulu police chief Louis Kealoha, are at the center of a years long investigation into public corruption.