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Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Criminal Investigation DivisionCaptain Rio Amon-WilkinsPhone: (808) 961-2251Report No.: 24-083748 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police have charged the 15-year-old Hilo student arrested this morning in connection with online threats made towards Hilo and Puna area schools. On...

Media Release As part of its continuing community outreach about the dangers of fentanyl, Hawaiʻi Police Department (HPD) provides monthly updates on the amount of fentanyl related arrests (possession/distribution) in Hawaiʻi County and the quantity of fentanyl recovered for the...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Criminal Investigation DivisionCaptain Rio Amon-WilkinsPhone: (808) 961-2251Report No.: 24-083748 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police have arrested a 15-year-old student from Hilo, in connection with online threats made towards Hilo and Puna area schools. On Wednesday evening,...

Media Release The Hawaiʻi State Law Enforcement Officials Association (HSLEOA) honored Hawaiʻi Police Department Area II Vice Section Acting Lieutenant Grad Elarionoff as Officer of the Year during their 68th annual conference on Kauaʻi last week. Acting Lieutenant Grad Elarionoff...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentKona Community Policing SectionActing Sergeant Bryan EllisPhone: (808) 326-4646, Ext. 259 Media Release West Hawai‘i residents are invited to attend three Coffee With a Cop events this month in Kona for an opportunity to get to know their...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentHilo PatrolLieutenant Paul KimPhone: (808) 935-3311Report No.: 24-081679 Media Release A seven-year-old boy was injured and a 71-year-old man was arrested for negligent injury on Thursday afternoon, September 5, 2024, after the elderly man unintentionally drove his car...

Media Release The Hawaiʻi Police Department is proud to sponsor the largest annual grassroots fundraiser for Special Olympics Hawaiʻi, “Badges and Buckets” (formally known as “Cop on Top”). Now in its 21st year, this three-day event features law enforcement officers...

Media Release Hawaiʻi Police Department’s Kona Community Policing Section would like to thank the Hawaiʻi Island community for making its fourth annual “Fill a Cruiser Food Drive” a resounding success. More than 2,031 pounds of food and $8,001 in cash...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentArea I Traffic Enforcement UnitSergeant Jeremy RiddlePhone: (808) 961-2339Report No.: 24-057518 Media Release A female pedestrian killed in a June 2024 traffic collision in Kea‘au has recently been identified as 20-year-old Densiann Denno of Hilo. Hawai‘i Island police...