2026

Hawaiʻi Island police are advising the public of an increase in vehicle break-ins in the Kona area. During December 2025, police responded to 12 reports of vehicles being unlawfully entered at parks, business areas, public parking lots and commercial zones,...

The Hawai‘i Police Department, in conjunction with the Mynah Byrdz Baseball Club, will host the fourth annual HI-PAL Tee Ball/Coach Pitch Baseball Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, and Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the...

Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a two-vehicle collision that killed a man Thursday evening, Jan. 15, 2026, in the area of the Highway 19 and Hikina Place intersection in Hilo. Responding to a traffic collision at 6:23 p.m., investigators determined...

During the week of Jan. 1, through Jan. 4, 2026, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 13 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Five of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident. None of the drivers were under...

Hawai‘i Police Department’s Kona Community Policing Section, in partnership with the Hawai‘i Isle Police Activities League (HI-PAL), Hawai‘i County Department of Parks and Recreation,  and County Council Councilman Dennis “Fresh” Onishi”, is now accepting registrations for a youth 3-on-3 basketball...

Hawai‘i Island police have identified the man found deceased in a grassy area near businesses in the 74-5000 block of Kaiwi Street in Kailua-Kona on Monday, Dec. 15, 2025, as 51-year-old Paul Ascunsion of Kona. Police launched a coroner’s inquest...

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 Waikoloa to Kealakekua during January in order for the public can get to...

On Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 13. 2026, two Hawai‘i Police Department officers were arrested following their indictment by the Hawai‘i Attorney General’s office in connection with May 2023 searches of an arrestee’s belongings that violated constitutional protections. Officer Noah Serrao, a...

Hawaiʻi Police Department’s Kona Community Policing Section will hold its next monthly Kupuna Watch meeting on Wednesday, Jan., 21, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., at Hale Hālāwai, 75-5670 Ali‘i Drive, Kailua-Kona. An outreach program in partnership with the...