Retaliation Accusations Could Sink Biden’s Nominee For US Marshal In Hawaii … Michael Contrades was a defendant in a federal lawsuit that settled for $1.8 million and included a provision that he stay away from the Kauai Police Department until his alleged victim no longer worked there.
WASHINGTON — A federal retaliation lawsuit that resulted in a $1.8 million settlement against Kauai County in 2020 is raising a barrage of new questions about whether Michael Contrades, who is President Joe Biden’s nominee for U.S. Marshal in Hawaii, is fit for the job.
Contrades worked for the Kauai Police Department from 1994 to 2019, rising to the rank of deputy chief.
In 2016, he and then-KPD Chief Darryl Perry were named as defendants in a lawsuit that accused them of carrying out a years-long campaign to discredit, undermine and harass Mark Begley, a fellow assistant chief who had filed a workplace discrimination complaint on behalf of a female officer.
