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Rickards faces disciplinary ch
Suspended Assistant Police Commissioner Clint Rickards will face an internal disciplinary hearing after being accused of 11 charges of misconduct.
Rickards was suspended in February 2004 when police launched an investigation into the Louise Nicholas rape allegations.
He was acquitted on the sex charges but the case prompted an internal police investigation into his behaviour.
Rickards' battle to keep his job as one of New Zealand' top police officers has taken a knock with the internal charges over alleged misconduct.
If found guilty on any he can be... Read more
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Police officers to face charge
Three Kaua‘i police officers posted bail yesterday after surrendering to face grand jury charges in connection with a controversial 2005 business trip to Maui, according to a statement from the state Attorney General’s office.
The grand jury delivered a 13-count indictment on Monday, finding that the state had gathered enough evidence to proceed with the case against Sgts. Wesley F. Perreira and Lawrence E.T. Stem and Officer Channing T. Tada. The court set an arraignment and plea for Thursday.
“An indictment is a mere accusation and the individuals named in the indictment are presumed innocent,” the release stated.
The indictment comes almost a year after the Kaua‘i Police Department received complaints that the officers flew to Maui for Indoor Marijuana Investigation training but did not complete the two-day event, according to the AG’s office.
The indictment includes charges that officers misappropriated more than $300 of county and state money and also lied when filling out their attendance records.
The three men face various counts of theft and tampering with a government document, according to the AG’s office.
Christopher Young, supervising deputy attorney general, said he could not reveal the amount of money the officers spent on the trip. He declined to comment on the ongoing case.
The most serious charge, theft in the second degree, carries a sentence of up to five years in jail and a fine of $10,000, according to the AG’s office. The misdemeanor charge of tampering with a government record would draw a maximum sentence of one year in jail with a $2,000 fine.
Perreira and Tada were charged with two counts and Stem with three counts of tampering with a government record, a misdemeanor. Tada and Stem also were charged with two felony theft counts, and Perreira was charged with one count of felony theft and one count of attempted theft.
Kaua‘i Circuit Court Judge Kathleen Watanabe set the officers’ bails at $4,000, according to court documents.
The indictment follows a joint investigation by the Kaua‘i Police Department and the Department of the Attorney General. Roy Asher, lead investigator for KPD, did not return telephone calls yesterday.
The three KPD officers had been part of a team credited with helping remove record amounts of methamphetamine from Kaua‘i neighborhoods.
The charges were the latest problem affecting the police department.
Clayton Arinaga, before he became acting police chief, filed a lawsuit against the department for violations of the Whistleblower Protection Act. Arinaga accused Chief K.C. Lum — who was eventually forced out of office — of suspending him because of his efforts to start an investigation into the three officers.
The Kaua‘i police have been dogged by political battles and ethics complaints since Lum, a 23-year veteran of the police force, took office two years ago.
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