Officers make deal on false-report counts

Four HPD members plead no contest in a scheme to pick up unearned overtime

By Nelson Daranciang

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Aug 14, 2012

~~<p>Four Honolulu police officers, charged with falsifying DUI arrest reports so that officers who weren't present would qualify for possible overtime, have pleaded no contest and have the chance to clear the charges from their criminal records.</p>
<p>Duke Zoller and Aaron A. Bernal, both sergeants, and officers Christoper and Patrick Bugarin were members of what used to be called the Selective Enforcement Unit, which conducted nighttime DUI checkpoints. It's now called the Night Enforcement Unit.</p>
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Four Honolulu police officers, charged with falsifying DUI arrest reports so that officers who weren't present would qualify for possible overtime, have pleaded no contest and have the chance to clear the charges from their criminal records.

Duke Zoller and Aaron A. Bernal, both sergeants, and officers Christoper and Patrick Bugarin were members of what used to be called the Selective Enforcement Unit, which conducted nighttime DUI checkpoints. It's now called the Night Enforcement Unit. Login for more...