Media Releases

Officers with Hawai‘i Police Department’s Kona Community Policing Section recently partnered with the Kailua Village Business Improvement District (KVBID), Youth With a Mission, and community volunteers to conduct a beach cleanup at Kalaepa‘akai Beach in Kailua-Kona. The event, held on...

Pictured left to right: Captain Rio Amon-Wilkins, Detective David Po‘ohina, and Interim Chief Reed Mahuna.   Top Cop Hawai‘i honored Hawai‘i Police Department Detective David Po‘ohina as Top Cop 2025 of Hawai‘i Island for his exceptional investigative work that led...

Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying a deceased man discovered in an unfinished structure on the 75-0000 block of Ali‘i Drive in Kona on March 24, 2025. The man is believed to have been in...

Hawai‘i Island police have launched a negligent homicide investigation after a male pedestrian died following a motor vehicle-pedestrian collision on Sunday evening, Oct. 19, 2025, in the area of the 43.5-mile marker on Highway 19 in Honoka’a. At 7:33 p.m.,...

Hawai‘i Island police have arrested and charged a 68-year-old Ocean View man with multiple drug offenses following the execution of a narcotics search warrant on his vehicle on Wednesday evening, Oct. 15, 2025. On Tuesday, Oct. 14, at 5:24 p.m.,...

Hawai‘i Island police remind motorists that all cargo transported on public roadways must be properly secured and covered in accordance with state law. Loose items or unsecured loads can easily blow out of open-bed trucks, trailers, or roof racks, creating...

Hawai‘i Island police arrested 39-year-old Isaac Kamali‘i of Puna following an incident involving a stolen vehicle on Thursday evening, Oct. 16, 2025, in the Ainaloa subdivision of Pāhoa. Shortly before 5 p.m., a Puna Patrol officer attempting to locate a...

The Hawai‘i Police Department’s Kona Community Policing Section hosted the first annual Merit Scouts Police Tour Dayon Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, at the Kealakehe Police Station, welcoming 39 participants from the West Hawai‘i Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts...

During the week of Oct. 6, to Oct. 12, 2025, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 12 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Four of the drivers were involved in a traffic crash. None of the drivers were under...