Media Releases

During the week of June 29, through July 5, 2026, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 25 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Five of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident. Three of the drivers were under...

The Hawaiʻi Police Department is partnering with Hope Services Hawai‘i to host an islandwide backpack drive to ensure children at risk of homelessness have the supplies they need for the upcoming school year. Community members are invited to drop off...

As part of their ongoing community outreach to listen to community members, Hawai‘i Police Department is holding five Coffee With a Cop events in the Kona area during July in order for the public to get to know their district...

The Hawaiʻi Police Department is investigating a fatal three-vehicle traffic collision that occurred on Sunday evening, July 12, 2026, in Kailua-Kona. At 9:28 p.m., police responded to a head-on traffic collision on Aliʻi Drive near the north end of Kahaluʻu...

Hawaiʻi Police Department’s Puna Community Policing Section will hold its monthly Puna Kūpuna Watch meeting on Monday, July 13, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Ainaloa Longhouse Center, 16-0303 Ainloa Boulevard, in Pāhoa. The free monthly outreach...

Hawai’i Island police have identified the body of the deceased individual who was discovered in Waimea as 64-year-old Sarah Marie Andes of Honoka‘a (Report #: 26-055247). Andes was previously reported as an endangered missing person on June 3, 2026 (Report...

Police report that 16-year-old Kennedy Van Cleave, who was previously reported as a runaway, has been located in good health.

During the week of June 22, through June 28, 2026, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 14 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Five of the drivers were involved in a traffic accident. Two of the drivers were under...

The Hawai‘i Police Department, in partnership with the Hawaiʻi Department of Law Enforcement (DLE), the Department of the Attorney General, and the Hawai‘i County Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, will host a Gun Buyback Program on Saturday, July 18, 2026,...