Hawaiʻi Police Department Joins Everbridge Alert System

The Hawaiʻi Police Department is making it easier than ever for residents to stay informed during emergencies. Starting Tuesday, July 15, 2025, all police emergency notifications will move from Nixle to the Everbridgesystem, the same platform already used by Hawaiʻi County Civil Defense.

This means Hawaiʻi Island residents can now get all their emergency alerts in one place, including updates about police activity, missing persons, road closures, severe weather, and natural disasters.

“Having a single source for emergency notifications helps our entire community stay safer,” said Police Chief Ben Moszkowicz. “We strongly encourage everyone to sign up so you’re prepared when an emergency happens.”

Signing up is free, quick, and allows you to customize exactly which alerts you want to receive—whether you prefer text messages, emails, or phone calls to a landline or mobile phone. When signing up for Everbridge, it is as easy as clicking on one box for Civil Defense alerts and one box for police alerts.

Already subscribed to Nixle? No problem. Your information has automatically been transferred to Everbridge, and you don’t need to do anything to continue receiving alerts.

Want more control? By creating a free Everbridge account, you can choose which notifications are most important to you—like police road closures, missing keiki from Hawai‘i police or tsunami and hurricane warnings from Civil Defense.

Already subscribe to Everbridge? If you already receive Everbridge alerts from Civil Defense, simply log into your account and click on the box for Hawai‘i Police Department, from there you can choose to receive alerts on:

• Missing people
• Missing children
• Runaways
• Police activity
• Road closures

Residents can sign up for both Hawaiʻi Police Department and Civil Defense alerts on the same webpage:

• Hawaiʻi Police Department: www.hawaiipolice.gov (click “Emails and Alerts”)
• Hawaiʻi County Civil Defense: www.hawaiicounty.gov/civil-defense (look for the “Alerts” tile)
  

Make sure you’re ready before the next emergency. Signing up is free, and it only takes a few minutes to ensure you don’t miss critical alerts. For questions, call Hawaiʻi County Civil Defense at (808) 935-0031.