Media Releases

Police Celebrate DARE Graduates in East Hawai'i The Hawai’i Police Department and School Resource Officers would like to congratulate the 2025 graduates of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program. On May 20th , East Hawai'i DARE graduates from Hilo, Waiakea,...

There will be a temporary one-way traffic pattern along a portion of Banyan Drive to accommodate mass participants attending “Hilo’s Hokule’a Ho’olaulea” event at the Wailoa Small Boat Harbor and a portion of Lihiwai Street on Saturday, May 24, 2025....

Hawai’i Island police have released the operator of a vehicle that struck a male pedestrian who died, following a Kurtistown traffic collision on Friday, May 16, 2025, in the area of the Orchidland Drive and 36th Avenue intersection. Responding to...

Hawai’i Island police report that 28-year-old Jeremias Giltaman of Pāhoa, who was previously reported missing, was located in Pāhoa on Friday, May 16, 2025, in good health. Police thank the public for their assistance.

Hawai’i Island police launched a negligent homicide investigation following a fatal traffic collision involving a male pedestrian in Kurtistown Friday evening, May 16, 2025. The man has been identified as 21-year-old Maxwell Robertson Sherwood of Kea‘au. Responding to a 7:22...

(Update #4) Hawai’i Island police report that 77-year-old Charles Poole who was previously reported as missing, was located on Oahu in good health.  

On Thursday evening, May 15, 2025, officers from Hawai‘i Police Department’s South Kohala District located what appeared to be an unexploded grenade after a resident reported discovering the grenade in a riverbed at a trail park. Officers immediately closed off...

Hawai’i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 28-year-old Jeremias Giltaman of Pāhoa, who was reported missing. He was last seen on the evening of Sunday, May 11, 2025, in the area of Kawakawa Street in Pāhoa...

Hawai‘i Island police report that 14-year-old Kawelo Lancaster, who was reported missing, was located in Pāhoa at 8:15 p.m. on Wednesday, April 14, 2025, in good health. Hawai‘i Police Department thanks the public for their assistance in this case.