Year: 2026

Hawai‘i Island police successfully located a 70-year-old endangered missing O‘ahu man within Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park on Monday evening, Oct. 19, 2026, with the assistance of the department’s scent-discriminating canine, Trina. At 12:16 p.m., Puna patrol officers received a report…

Kona Patrol Officer Eli-Dominic Cayetano was recently honored as Officer of the Month for October 2026 by the Kona Crime Prevention Committee (KCPC) in recognition for his compassion and investigative work that helped an elderly woman recover $60,000 in life…

The Hawaiʻi Police Department’s Kona Community Policing Section thanks the community for its generous support of the department’s first annual Fill A Cruiser Diaper Drive, which collected 6,676 diapers, 103 packages of baby wipes and $1,955 in monetary donations. The…

During the week of Sept. 28, through Oct. 4, 2026, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 12 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Two of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident. One of the drivers was under…

Hawai‘i Island police report that the man who was critically injured in a two-vehicle traffic collision on Friday evening Oct. 9, 2026, in Hilo has passed away. He has been identified as 77-year-old Joseph Gomes of Hilo. Responding to an…

Hawai‘i Island police have launched a terroristic threatening investigation after an anonymous threat was made at Konawaena High School on Thursday morning, Oct. 15, 2026. At 8:00 a.m., police were notified by school officials that they had received an anonymous…

The Hawaiʻi Police Department’s Special Response Team (SRT) and Crisis Negotiation Team (CNT), in collaboration with the Hawaiʻi Fire Department and Hilo Benioff Medical Center personnel, will conduct a joint training exercise on Friday, Oct. 16, 2026, from 8:00 a.m.…

Hawai‘i Island police are investigating a possible drowning that occurred on Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 13, 2026, in Captain Cook, which claimed the life of 18-year-old Joven Young of Kailua-Kona. At 1:00 p.m., Kona Patrol officers responded to Pebble Beach at…

As part of their ongoing community outreach to listen to community members, Hawai‘i Police Department is holding several Coffee With a Cop events in West Hawai‘i during October in order for the public to get to know their district police…