Two Honolulu paramedics didn’t think much of taking their official city vehicles home with them in the spring and summer of 2023. There was no rule against it. If a call came in, they figured, they had their phones and radios on them and could quickly respond.
What they didn’t know is an investigator hired by their bosses was outside taking pictures of their department SUVs and building a case that they were sleeping on the job.
The investigation into the two paramedics would get them sidelined on paid leave and eventually fired in February 2024 before they were reinstated two years later. An arbitrator ordered the city to give them backpay, but as of this month, the city acknowledged, they still haven’t gotten it…