In the next 24 hours or so, at its regularly scheduled Wednesday meeting, the Honolulu Police Commission is expected to make its decision public about any deal it’s striking with embattled Honolulu Police Department Chief Louis Kealoha, who has stated his intent to retire from HPD.

The public expects that the commission will issue a full explanation about any payout in public funds beyond Kealoha’s retirement entitlement.

And the public hopes the commission — which has been given more discretion over hiring and firing a police chief in the recent City Charter amendment process — still has the inclination to restrict the deal to the basic retirement package.

The police chief has been in the sights of the FBI in an ongoing federal corruption probe since receiving a “target letter” from the law- enforcement agency in December.

Now the case, which also involves the chief’s wife, Deputy Prosecutor Katherine Kealoha, has ratcheted up several notches. Deputy Prosecutor Kealoha was issued a subpoena Thursday to turn over her work laptops to U.S. District Judge Michael Seabright.

And then on Friday FBI agents served the Honolulu Prosecutor’s Office with a search warrant as part of the investigation.

It’s impossible to know the intent here with any certainty, but the federal raid ought to give the commission pause about acting prematurely.

The Kealohas’ case is linked to a family dispute involving the couple and Katherine Kealoha’s uncle, Gerard Puana. The unseemly drama surrounding it and high-profile allegations have depressed morale at HPD, which is a chief concern of the police commission.

It ought to be a concern of the Prosecutors’ Office as well, although up to this point Honolulu Prosecutor Keith Kaneshiro has stood by his deputy and even has bolstered her standing with a new assignment. There’s been no further comment from Kaneshiro’s office, other than statements that it was cooperating with the federal raid.

Puana maintains he was framed by the Kealohas for allegedly stealing their mailbox at their Kahala home in 2013, an accusation stemming from a family feud.

To add to the complications, Chief Kealoha has been accused of intentionally triggering a mistrial in the 2015 federal criminal theft case.

The aim, according to First Assistant Federal Public Defender Alex Silvert, was to avert a not-guilty verdict that would have undercut a civil case against Puana.

Silvert went on to say that Kaneshiro “declared war” on the federal prosecutor and the federal grand jury by calling the grand jury process a “circus” and “outrageous.”

Such characterizations may be simply rhetorical, arising from the explosive case. Regardless: The public needs a fuller explanation from the prosecutor about how he is keeping the strain from diminishing morale at his own agency.

On Dec. 16, Niall Silva, a retired HPD officer, pleaded guilty to falsifying documents and altering evidence, lending support to the assertion that Puana had been framed for the mailbox theft.

A few days later, the chief placed himself on voluntary paid leave after the FBI target letter arrived.

Kealoha last week agreed to retire and since then, has been negotiating his compensation package with the police commission.

It’s clear how all of this may have damaged morale in the police force Kealoha has led. But it’s not at all evident that this sufficiently warrants extra money to Kealoha. The commission should feel hard-pressed to justify this.

Ever since Kealoha’s 2014 contract renewal that came with high marks, things have gone horribly wrong. The commission would have to explain why someone in a position of such public responsibility deserves anything extra under those circumstances.