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Hawai‘i Police Department’s Hilo Community Policing Section was pleased to participate in the 2025 Annual Scouting of America’s Aloha Council Makahiki, held at the Edith Kanakaʻole Stadium on Saturday, May 3, 2025. This event showcased the Aloha Council’s commitment to...

May is Heatstroke Awareness Month and Hawai’i Police Department reminds everyone to be mindful when it comes to infants and young children in hot vehicles. A vehicle can heat up by 20 degrees in just 10 minutes, putting our keiki...

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 Kapaʻau to Kona during May in order for the public can get to...

Hawaiʻi Island police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating 25-year-old Kawika Makahanaloa of Captain Cook, who was reported missing on Saturday, May 10, 2025. Makahanaloa was last seen on Sunday, April 27, 2025, at 4:00 p.m., on the 78-6700...

Hawaiʻi Island police detectives have arrested and charged 40-year-old John Juan-Malak Taliauli, of Keaʻau, following a violent confrontation with an acquaintance in the early morning hours of Monday, May 12, 2025, on Wainaku Street in Hilo. The charges against Taliauli...

Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 16-year-old Aden Hawkins who was reported as a runaway. Hawkins was last seen on Ginger Lane in the Ainaloa Subdivision in Kurtistown on Saturday, May 10, 2025, at 9:00...

During the week of April 28, through May 4, 2025, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 14 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Four of the drivers were involved in a traffic crash. None of the drivers were under...

Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 14-year-old Kawelo Lancaster, who was initially reported as a runaway and is considered a missing and endangered juvenile due to concerns for his well-being and safety.  Lancaster was last...

(Update #8) Hawai‘i Island police are again renewing their request for any information relative to the disappearance of 34-year-old Kelly Gravitt of Pāhoa. Gravitt was reportedly last seen on the evening of May 19, 2023, in the area of Pāhoa...