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Hawai‘i Police DepartmentOffice of the ChiefChief Benjamin MoszkowiczPhone: (808) 961-2244 Media Release Three Hawai‘i Police Department officers were honored for their outstanding investigations and professionalism by the Aloha Exchange Club of East Hawai‘i in the second quarter of 2024. All...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Juvenile Aid SectionLieutenant Robert P. PauolePhone: (808) 961-2254Report No.: 24-074917 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police had arrested and charged 22-year-old Hunta Shaylo Wai‘oli Santos, of Hilo, with multiple counts of abuse of a family household member...

Hawai’i Police DepartmentArea II Criminal Investigation DivisionCaptain Akira EdmoundsonPhone: (808) 326-4646, Ext. 263 Media Release Following a year-long joint investigation with federal law enforcement agencies, Hawai’i Island police arrested and charged 18-year-old Dominic Roberts of Kailua-Kona with 10 offenses related...

Hawai'i Police DepartmentTraffic Services SectionTorey D. Keltner Program ManagerPhone: (808) 961-2305 Media Release During the week of August 5, through August 11, 2024, Hawai`i Island police arrested 16 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Seven of the...

Media Release South Kohala Community Policing Officers and the Hawaiʻi Fencing Association recently teamed up to hold the first-ever Hawaiʻi Isle Police Activities League (HI-PAL) Fencing Tournament on Saturday, August 3, 2024, at Waimea District Park in Waimea. Six youths,...

Media Release As part of its continuing community outreach about the dangers of fentanyl, Hawaiʻi Police Department (HPD) provides monthly updates on the amount of fentanyl related arrests (possession/distribution) in Hawaiʻi County and the quantity of fentanyl recovered for the...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentKona Community PolicingSergeant Brandon MansurPhone: (808) 326-4646, Ext. 253 Media Release The Kona Crime Prevention Committee, (KCPC), honored Kona Patrol Officer Charles Caldwell-Kaai as Officer of the Month for July 2024 during a ceremony on July 3, in...

Media Release Hawaiʻi Police Department’s South Kohala Community Policing Section in collaboration with the Hawaiʻi Isle Police Activities League (HI-PAL) and DARE Hawaiʻi recently teamed up with area schools to hold two back-to-school dances in Waikoloa and Waimea. The first...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentCommunications SectionLieutenant Robert Fujitake    Phone: (808) 961-8808 Media Release Hawai‘i Police Department is pleased to announce that Police Communications Officer Nashly Leslie was named Dispatcher of the Quarter for the first quarter of 2024, (January, February, March), and...