Nine months ago, the Honolulu Police Department put five officers on paid leave while the FBI investigated whether they had accepted money from illegal cockfighting operations.
Nine months ago, the Honolulu Police Department The Honolulu Police Department, popularly known as HPD, is the principal law enforcement agency of the City & County of Honolulu, Hawaii. HPD is nationally accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA). put five officers on paid leave while the FBI investigated whether they had accepted money from illegal cockfighting cockfighting, sport of pitting gamecocks against one other. Though popular in ancient Greece, Persia, and Rome, cockfighting has been long opposed by clergy and humane groups. operations. So far the idle cops have received about a quarter of a million dollars.
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