HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – The Honolulu Police Commission has approved a request from former HPD sergeant Darren Cachola for an attorney funded by taxpayers to defend him in a civil lawsuit over DUI arrests.
The commission debated the request for several weeks before agreeing.
Cachola was the ranking officer on Nov. 7, 2023, at a DUI roadblock when Ammon Fepuleai was stopped. An officer told Fepuleai he detected the odor of alcohol. But a breathalyzer test at the scene showed Fepuleai had no alcohol in his system…