2025

For her exceptional tenacity conducting multiple complex financial crimes, Detective Jenny Lee received the Haweo Award during a ceremony held at Hawai‘i County Council chambers in Hilo on August 6, 2025. A 20-year veteran of Hawai‘i Police Department, Detective Lee...

The Hawai‘i Police Department’s Police Activities League (HI-PAL), in partnership with the Kona Community Policing Section, recently held a series of outreach events at Kahaluʻu Housing, Kama‘āina Hale Housing, and the Uluwini Housing Complex in Kailua-Kona between June 24 and...

During the week of July 28, to August 3, 2025, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 14 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Five of the drivers were involved in a traffic crash. One of the drivers was under...

Hawai‘i Island police are reminding the public that certain vehicle modifications, such as oversized tires without proper coverage and excessively dark window tint, are not only illegal but may also result in costly fines. Police have recently received numerous complaints...

Hawaiʻi Island police have arrested and charged a Kea‘au couple with numerous drug offenses following the execution of a narcotics search warrant at their residence in the Hawaiian Paradise Park subdivision at 6:45 a.m. on Friday August 1, 2025. Vice...

Media Release (Update #1) Hawai‘i Island police are again asking for the public’s assistance in locating 16-year-old runaway King Kehoe, who was last seen on Monday, April 28, 2025, at 8:25 p.m., in the 1700 block of Kino‘ole Street in...

As part of their ongoing community outreach to listen to community members, Hawai‘i Police Department is holding six Coffee With a Cop events in west Hawai‘i from Holualua to Kapaʻau during July in order for the public can get to...

Hawai‘i Island police detectives have arrested and charged 45-year-old Candice Kanoelehua Gomes, of Hilo, with numerous offenses in connection with a series of crimes that occurred between July 29 and 30, 2025, involving three separate residences in the Waiākea Uka...

Three Hawai‘i Island police officers were recognized by the Aloha Exchange Club of East Hawai‘i for their investigative skill, life-saving efforts, and outstanding performance during the second quarter of 2025. All three officers were honored during a luncheon in Hilo...