Media Releases

Hawai’i Island police are requesting the public’s assistance in identifying the suspect in a Hilo burglary who was captured on video surveillance removing two bicycles.  The burglary occurred on Friday, February 21, 2025, at approximately 7:30 a.m., at a business...

Hawai’i Island police have identified the male pedestrian who died following a Hilo traffic collision on Thursday, May 1, 2025, in the area of the Waiānuenue Avenue and Rainbow Drive intersection. The man has been identified as 69-year-old James R....

Sergeant Eric Ontiveros (Left)/Officer Paul Wright III (Center)/Acting Captain Pernell Hanoa (Right). Ka‘ū Patrol Officer Paul Wright III was awarded the first-ever “Officer of the Quarter” for Q1 2025 on May 2, 2025, during a ceremony at a restaurant in...

South Kohala Police Officer Michael Abran was selected by Special Olympics Hawai‘i to represent Hawai‘i in the ”Final Leg” of the lighting of the Special Olympics Torch in Italy. The “Final Leg” is a team of law enforcement officers and...

Hawai‘i Police Department Vice detectives, in partnership with the Hawai‘i Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, have arrested and charged 43-year-old Dawson Dominador Pilanca of Nā‘ālehu following a months-long investigation into child sexual exploitation. Pilanca was arrested and charged...

Hawai‘i Island police have launched a negligent homicide investigation after a male pedestrian died following a motor vehicle/pedestrian collision on Thursday evening, May 1, 2025, in Hilo near the intersection of Waiānuenue Avenue and Rainbow Drive. Officers responding to the...

Hawai‘i Island residents and visitors are invited to attend 2025 Police Week festivities, including station tours, during the national event Monday, May 12, through Friday, May 16, 2025. Police Week is a nationally recognized week of activities in support of...

Hawai‘i Island police report that the suspect sought in an assault investigation in Kona was located on April 29, 2025, in Kona. The police thank the public for their assistance.

More than 500 fifth- and sixth-grade student graduates of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program in West Hawai‘i were recognized at the Kekuaokalani Gym in Kona, on Friday April 25, 2025, during an event filled with fun games, free food, and...