Media Releases

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 calling with altered caller ID numbers displaying Hawai‘i...

Hawaiʻi Island police have identified the man who died in the two-vehicle collision that occurred Thursday evening, Jan. 15, 2026, near the intersection of Highway 19 and Hikina Place in Hilo as 26-year-old Michael Taione of Maui. Responding to a...

Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating a structure fire that occurred Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 20, 2026, in Captain Cook. At 3:18 p.m., Kona patrol officers responded to a report of a structure fire in the 87-400 block of Kaohe Road. When...

Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 14-year-old Johnessa Elkin-Kanae, who was reported as a runaway. Elkin-Kanae was last seen in the Ainaloa area on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, at 3:00 p.m., wearing a black t-shirt...

The Kona Community Policing Section/HI-PAL, in collaboration with PATH and Bike Works Kona, will host a free Kona Bicycle Day on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, from 8 a.m. to noon on Aliʻi Drive between Likana Lane and Hualālai Road. The...

Hawai‘i Island police have arrested and charged 24-year-old Hayden E. Bruce of Mountain View with numerous offenses in connection with a stolen vehicle incident that resulted in injuries to officers and damage to a police-subsidized vehicle in Kurtistown on Sunday,...

During the week of Jan. 5, through Jan. 11, 2026, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 12 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Five of the drivers were involved in a traffic collision. One of the drivers was under...

Hawaiʻi Island police are advising the public of an increase in vehicle break-ins in the Kona area. During December 2025, police responded to 12 reports of vehicles being unlawfully entered at parks, business areas, public parking lots and commercial zones,...

The Hawai‘i Police Department, in conjunction with the Mynah Byrdz Baseball Club, will host the fourth annual HI-PAL Tee Ball/Coach Pitch Baseball Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 24, and Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the...