Media Releases

Hawai‘i Island police are investigating a fatal traffic collision involving a motorcycle and a vehicle that occurred Monday afternoon, May 18, 2026, on 12th Avenue between Paradise Drive and Kaloli Drive in the Hawaiian Paradise Park subdivision of Kea‘au. Responding...

Hawai‘i Island police are searching for the drivers of unknown vehicles involved in a fatal pedestrian hit-and-run collision in Keaʻau late Friday night, May 15, 2026, in which a man died. The collision occurred on Highway 130 near the intersection...

Hawai‘i Island police are investigating a fatal two-vehicle collision on Daniel K. Inouye (DKI) Highway that left two people dead on Friday afternoon, May 15, 2026. At 3:38 p.m., South Hilo patrol officers, along with personnel from the Hawai‘i Fire...

Hawai‘i Island police have initiated a murder investigation following an assault in Hilo that left a 57-year-old Hilo man dead. On Saturday, May 9, 2026, at 5:11 p.m., South Hilo patrol officers responded to a report of an affray involving...

The Hawaiʻi Police Department would like to inform the public of a temporary road closure scheduled for Friday, May 15, 2026, from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. on Kawaihae Road (Highway 19) between the 65- and 66-mile markers. The temporary...

The Hawaiʻi Police Department is pleased to announce that Captain Edwin A. Buyten has graduated from the Northwestern University Center for Public Safety’s School of Police Staff and Command (SPSC). Captain Buyten, a 24-year veteran of the department and current...

Four Hawai‘i Police Department officers were recognized by the Aloha Exchange Club of East Hawai‘i for their decisive action and outstanding investigative work in separate incidents that demonstrated distinguished police work during the first quarter of 2026. All four officers...

During the week of April 27, through May 3, 2026, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 11 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Four of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident. Two of the drivers were under...

Hawaiʻi Police Department’s Kona Community Policing Section will hold its next monthly Kupuna Watch meeting on Wednesday, May 13, 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...