HONOLULU (KHON2) — Every year, the City and County of Honolulu pays out millions of dollars to settle lawsuits.
Chinatown acid attack suspect paid $290K by the City
According to city budget records, taxpayers covered $7.7 million in settlements in 2022, $11.8 million in 2023, and $17.5 million last year.
Some of those payouts go to people who later end up in handcuffs.
“The police department can’t go to a suspect and say, ‘Hey, we had to use resources on you, so now we’re requiring you to pay that back.’ The police department is not set up for that, and it would be a matter of public policy to require a suspect to pay the city back for resources that it had to use in executing a warrant on the suspect,” said attorney Megan Kau…