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Hawai‘i Police Department’s Kona Community Policing Section, in collaboration with the Hawai‘i Island Police Activities League (HI-PAL), is holding the first-ever Keiki Fun Run/Walk in Kona on Saturday morning, January 18, 2025. Registration begins at 7:00 a.m. at the West...

Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 16-year-old King Kehoe who was recently reported as a runaway. Kehoe had been previously reported as a runaway on November 11, 2024, (Report Number 24-103363) and was located in...

For his investigative skills resulting in the recovery of stolen property in multiple cases during his first two months on solo patrol, Hāmākua Patrol Officer Kaleb Caves was honored with the Haweo Award during a ceremony held at Hawai‘i County...

The Hawai‘i Police Department (HPD) is warning the public of a phone scam after receiving reports of unknown individuals calling Big Island residents posing as Hawai‘i Police Department officers. The scammers are posing as police officers. In one instance, a...

Hawaiʻi Island police are requesting for the public’s assistance in locating 31-year-old Jannefer Kaspar of Kurtistown, who was reported missing. She is considered an endangered missing person and may be in need of medical attention. Kaspar is described as having...

The Hawai‘i Police Department is investigating a possible drowning that occurred at O-Tech Beach in Kailua-Kona late Sunday afternoon, January 5, 2025. The victim, an unidentified Caucasian man, appeared to be in his early to late 30s. Kona patrol officers...

West Hawai‘i residents are invited to attend four Coffee With a Cop events this month in Kona for an opportunity to get to know their district police officers. These popular events are intentionally informal with no agenda. Topics of conversation...

Hawai‘i Island police have charged the driver of a vehicle involved in a fatal traffic collision that killed a 52-year-old Captain Cook man with operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant (OVUII) and negligent homicide. The crash occurred...

An elderly Waikoloa man who was critically injured in a single-vehicle collision in Waikoloa Village on Wednesday afternoon, January 1, 2025 has died. The driver has been identified as 74-year-old Ray Donnell Worrells. At 5:11 p.m. on Wednesday, Hawai‘i Police...