How A Honolulu Police Chief Facing A Corruption Probe Got A $250,000 Payout …. Now a convicted felon, Louis Kealoha is supposed to pay the money back but so far has not done so.
Honolulu City Councilwoman Kym Pine suspected something was off.
It was Jan. 10, 2017, in the City Council committee room. Honolulu Police Commission Chair Max Sword was being asked about a retirement deal being brokered with then-Police Chief Louis Kealoha, who was under federal investigation for using his position to frame an innocent man.
The problem was Sword refused to tell the council members anything about the deal. He wouldn’t say whether he would ask the council for approval nor what pot of money a payment might be coming from.
