Media Releases

Hawai‘i Police Department reports that the 86-year-old woman injured in a single motor vehicle collision in Hilo on Thursday, January 30, 2025, has passed away. The woman, identified as Yvonne Mira of Hilo, was pronounced deceased on February 3, at...

Police have identified the individual who died in a traffic collision in Kea‘au on Sunday, February 2, 2025, as 32-year-old, Negozi Young of Mountain View. Responding to a traffic collision call at 10:32 a.m., police learned that three motorcycles were...

Hawai‘i Island police are investigating a fatal traffic collision involving a motorcycle and a dump truck that occurred Monday afternoon, February 3, 2025, on Keaau-Pahoa Road, (Highway 130), just south of the Pāhoa Police Station.   Responding to a reported...

Hawaiʻi Island police are asking for the public’s assistance identifying two men suspected of theft during an incident that took place in Ocean View on Palm Parkway at 4:00 p.m. on December 7, 2024. During the course of the incident,...

An elderly Hilo woman was critically injured and an elderly Hilo man was arrested for DUI following a single motor-vehicle collision on Thursday, January 30, 2025, on Kaumana Drive, just below Aipuni Street, in Hilo. Responding to the 4:54 p.m....

Thirteen police recruits became solo officers following the Hawai’i Police Department’s 100th Police Recruit Class ceremony on Friday, January 31, 2025, in Hilo at the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel Moku Ola Ballroom. Each new officer had their badge pinned on by...

Hawai‘i Island police are investigating a fatal traffic collision between a motor vehicle and a motorcycle that occurred on Highway 11 in Kea‘au on Sunday morning, February 2, 2025.   Responding to a traffic collision call at 10:32 a.m., police learned...

Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 15-year-old Divine Benn, who was reported as a runaway. Benn was last seen in the Pāhoa area on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, at 8:00 p.m. wearing a gray jacket,...

Police Chief Benjamin Moszkowicz has promoted 38 individuals within Hawai‘i Police Department: One to the rank of Assistant Chief, one to the rank of Major, two to the rank of Captain, nine to the rank of Lieutenant, five to the...