2024

Hawai‘i Island police are investigating a possible drowning involving a 29-year-old woman that occurred in Kealakekua Bay on Sunday morning, November 10, 2024. Responding to the reported possible drowning at 10:24 a.m. on Sunday, Kona patrol officers learned that an...

The Hawai‘i Police Department is pleased to announce that on Tuesday, November 12, 2024, it launched its newly redesigned website at www.hawaiipolice.gov. A year in the making, this is the first time the website has been updated since 2011. Members...

Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 16-year-old King J. Kehoe who was reported as a runaway. Kehoe was last seen in the area of Kinoole Street in Downtown Hilo, on Sunday, November 10,...

Media Release A 79-year-old Keaʻau man died following a single-vehicle collision on Sunday morning, November 10, 2024, in the driveway to a residence in the 15-2700 block of Maiko Street in Pāhoa. The man has been identified as George D....

Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a two-vehicle collision that killed a man and a woman early Saturday morning, November 9, 2024, in the area of the 24-mile marker on Highway 11 in Volcano. Responding to a traffic collision...

Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police are again renewing their request for any information relative to the disappearance of 34-year-old Kelly Gravitt, of Pahoa. Gravitt was reportedly last seen on the evening of May 19, 2023, in the area of Pahoa...

Media Release West Hawaiʻi residents are invited to attend four Coffee With a Cop events this month in Kona for an opportunity to get to know their district police officers. These popular events are intentionally informal with no agenda. Topics...

Media Release During the week of October 28, 2024, through November 3, 2024, Hawaiʻi Island police arrested sixteen (16) motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Nine of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident. Two of...

Media Release Hawaiʻi Island police report that 15-year-old King Kehoe, who was previously reported as a runaway, was located in Puna in good health on Thursday, November 7, 2024.