2025

More than 315 keiki from around Hawai‘i Island, age four to eight years old, recently came together to compete in the third annual Hawai‘i Island Police Activities League (HI-PAL) Coach-Pitch/T-Ball baseball tournament. Hosted by Hawai‘i Police Department (HPD), HI-PAL, and...

For his dedication to going above and beyond the call of duty, and exceptional ability to conduct thorough investigations, Puna Patrol Officer Jason Lin received the Haweo Award during a ceremony held at Hawai‘i County Council chambers in Hilo on...

As part of their ongoing community outreach to listen to community members, Hawai‘i Police Department is holding six Coffee With a Cop events in west Hawai‘i from Kapaʻau to Kona during April in order for the public can get to...

Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 14-year-old Zealand Brickwood who was reported as a runaway. Brickwood was last seen on Sunday, April 6, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. on Rose Street in the Fern Acres subdivision...

A 45-year-old male motorcyclist from Honoka‘a died in a two-vehicle collision on Friday evening, April 4, 2025, near the 2-mile marker on Waikoloa Road (Highway 191) in Waikoloa. The motorcyclist has been identified as David Franklin Roland. Responding to the...

Akira Kauilani On April 4, 2025, at approximately 1:30 a.m., Kona patrol officers responded to a traffic collision on Palani Road near the 37-mile marker in Kailua-Kona. When they arrived, they found a vehicle had struck a wooden utility pole,...

During the week of March 24, through March 30, 2025, Hawai‘i Island police arrested 25 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Nine of the drivers were involved in a traffic crash. Two of the drivers were under...

Kai Opua and Keauhou Canoe Clubs competing in the third annual HI-PAL Outrigger Canoe Youth Regatta in Kona on March 22, 2025. Hawai‘i Police Department’s (HPD) Kona Community Policing Section and the Hawai‘i Island Police Activity League (HI-PAL) would like...

Hawai‘i Island police report that 77-year-old Rosina Valencia of Hilo, who was previously reported missing, was located in Hilo on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in good health.