Media Releases

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.

Hawai‘i Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 77-year-old Rosina Valencia of Hilo, who was reported missing.  She was last seen on the 100 block of Ululani Street in Hilo on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, at about...

The Hawai‘i Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying a man wanted for questioning relative to an on-going investigation that occurred on March 4, 2025, at a beach in the Puna district. The image displayed was captured...