Media Releases

Hawai'i Police DepartmentTraffic Services SectionTorey D. Keltner Program ManagerPhone: (808) 961-2305 Media Release During the week of August 5, through August 11, 2024, Hawai`i Island police arrested 16 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Seven of the...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentPuna PatrolOfficer Daniel TamPhone: (808) 965-2716 Report No. 24-073518 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 26-year-old Tyler Reikofski-Ekle of Hilo, who was reported missing.  Reikofski-Ekle was last seen in the area...

Media Release South Kohala Community Policing Officers and the Hawaiʻi Fencing Association recently teamed up to hold the first-ever Hawaiʻi Isle Police Activities League (HI-PAL) Fencing Tournament on Saturday, August 3, 2024, at Waimea District Park in Waimea. Six youths,...

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 DepartmentKona PatrolSergeant Thomas Chun-MingPhone: (808) 935-3311Report No. 24-072606 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police report that 54-year-old Roger Tolar, who was previously reported as missing, was located in Hilo in good health, on Friday, August 9, 2024.

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentKona Community PolicingSergeant Brandon MansurPhone: (808) 326-4646, Ext. 253 Media Release The Kona Crime Prevention Committee, (KCPC), honored Kona Patrol Officer Charles Caldwell-Kaai as Officer of the Month for July 2024 during a ceremony on July 3, in...

Media Release Hawaiʻi Police Department’s South Kohala Community Policing Section in collaboration with the Hawaiʻi Isle Police Activities League (HI-PAL) and DARE Hawaiʻi recently teamed up with area schools to hold two back-to-school dances in Waikoloa and Waimea. The first...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentKona PatrolSergeant Thomas Chun-MingPhone: (808) 935-3311Report No. 24-072606 Media Release Hawai‘i Island police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating 54-year-old Roger Tolar of Kailua-Kona, who was reported missing Friday, August 9, 2024. Tolar was last seen at...

Hawai‘i Police DepartmentCommunications SectionLieutenant Robert Fujitake    Phone: (808) 961-8808 Media Release Hawai‘i Police Department is pleased to announce that Police Communications Officer Nashly Leslie was named Dispatcher of the Quarter for the first quarter of 2024, (January, February, March), and...