A MAJOR SHAKEUP IN THE HONOLULU
POLICE
DEPARTMENT AS CHIEF LOUIS
KEALOHA HAD HIS
REPORT TO WORK.
MEANING THEIR POLICE AUTHORITY
HAS BEEN
RECEIVED TARGET
LETTERS FROM THE F-B-I ..
WANTING TO QUESTION
THEM ABOUT CONSPIRACY
ALLEGATIONS WITHIN THE
DEPARTMENT.
First is he's not permitted to
not report to work nor exercise
any supervisory or admin
REVEALED LATE LAST WEEK, WHEN
RETIRED
OFFICER NIALL
DESCRIBED AS A CONSPIRACY TO
FRAME GERARD PUANA FOR
PROSECUTOR
KATHERINE KEALOHA, THE CHIEF'S
WIFE.
WILL NOT BE TALKING TO FEDERAL
PROSECUTORS.
GINA MANGIERI IS ALWAYS
INVESTIGATING WITH
MORE ON THE RESPONSE FROM
KEALOHA.. GINA?
JOE, THE CHIEF TOLD ME LAST
NIGHT, JUST AFTER
GETTING THE TARGET LETTER, HE
WILL STEP
TO COME IN AND TALK.
chief, but If I leave the
department now, I give
credence to the baseless
attacks. I am voluntarily
placing myself on ROPA status. I
will continue to stand
are pursuing their own political
agenda."
the target letter essentially
lets a person know they're a
target of an
investigation...advises to get
with anyone from the federal
prosecution?
01;09;56;21 Not. Not gonna
happen. No
01;09;56;21 GINA why?
01;10;41;12 GINA how does that
process work, then, if he
indictment?
01;10;57;31 if the US attorney
had sufficient evidence to
has not received a target
letter.
01;18;48;51 GINA if katherine
kealoha is ultimately a suspect
as well as these others, will
she necessarily be receiving a
investigations they try to get
the individuals on the
periphery of the investigation,
they receive target letters to
get charged. in some cases they
to put further pressure on the
true targets of the
chief hanging no to the job
wrong, if he resigns under a
cloud, it's an admission, or a
tacit admission by implication,
he's done something wrong
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What if anything the chief or
his wife will say about the
other remains to be seen, due to
spousal immunity.
with each SPOUSE
restriction of powers and
reassignment would be
be a point in time in which your
organization takes a vote
don't have any reason to put out
a vote of confidence
against the chief, we have not
had any OUTCRY from our
THE HONOLULU POLICE COMMISSION
KEALOHA SHOULD
roy: "for the sake of the police
force, mayor caldwell feels
this situation cannot be allowed
to drag on and is
MANOLO given what has transpired
so far, just the idea
of bringing the chief back into
that position..how difficult
would that be just getting the
confidence of all the other
give you that answer. i
can't comment at this point.
when we meet w the rest of
the commission, we will come up
w a game plan on what we
SET UP AN
EMERGENCY MEETING FOR AN EARLIER
DATE, BUT
JANUARY 4TH.
NOW THAT KEALOHA HAS PLACED
HIMSELF ON
RESTRICTIVE DUTY, SENIOR DEPUTY
POLICE
CHIEF CARY OKIMOTO IS THE ACTING
POLICE CHIEF.
HE WAS SEEN AT THE FEDERAL GRAND
JURY
PROCEEDINGS.
IF HE DID, HE WOULD BE REQUIRED
TO STEP DOWN.
LEGAL EXPERTS TELL US, TARGET
LETTERS ARE
IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN IT
WILL RESULT IN CHARGES.
its putting him on notice that
the federal government is
looking at him for potential
criminal charges.
you really can't do anything.
you don't know whats gonna
happen next. other than sit and
wait. it may result in
charges...it may not
gonna be some indictments in
this case that will shock
people. That will make news all
over the country."