Media Releases

Hawaiʻi Police Department’s Puna Community Policing Section will hold its second Puna Kūpuna Watch meeting on Thursday, May 14, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Mountain View Senior Center, 18-1345A Volcano Road, in Mountain View. The free...

Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a possible drowning that occurred Saturday, May 9, 2026, at Hōnaunau Bay in South Kona. At 11:47 a.m. on Saturday, Kona patrol officers were dispatched to Hōnaunau Boat Ramp following a report of a swimmer...

Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a traffic collision that claimed the life of a 59-year-old Waimea man on Sunday afternoon, May 10, 2026, on Kawaihae Road (Highway 19) near the 65-mile marker. At 1:22 p.m., South Kohala patrol officers responded...

Several sections of the Hawai‘i Police Department, including its School Resource Officers, proudly congratulated the 2026 graduates of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program during the department’s annual DARE Day celebration held Friday, May 8, 2026, at Kawamoto Swim...

The Hawai‘i Police Department’s Kona Community Policing Section, in partnership with Miss Aloha Hawaiʻi Scarlette Burnham-Rosario, invites community members to participate in a Scavenger Hunt Beach Cleanup on Saturday, May 16, 2026, at Old Airport Recreation Area in Kailua-Kona. The...

Hawai‘i Island police are investigating a fatal two-vehicle collision that occurred Friday morning, May 8, 2026, on the Panaewa stretch of Highway 11 near the intersection with Mamaki Street in Hilo that claimed the life of a Puna woman. Officers...

Hawai‘i Island police report that 61-year-old Joan Sachiko Mayo (formerly Joan Hamamoto), who was reported missing, was located in Mountain View on Thursday, May 7, 2026, in good health. Police thank the public for their assistance.

Media Release (Update #4) Earl Hind with vessel Makalapua Onalani Hawaiʻi Island police are renewing their request for information regarding 43-year-old Earl Kekuanaoa Hind, a local fisherman known as “Oa”, who was last known to have launched his vessel from...

Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating the theft of a school bus from a base yard in the Hawaiʻi Ocean View Estates subdivision in Ocean View. During the early morning hours of Saturday, May 2, 2026, a bus company employee received...