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MEDIA RELEASE Vida G. Bottom, special agent in charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Harry S. Kubojiri, police chief of the Hawaii Police Department; Kenneth J. Hines, special agent in charge of the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation; and Florence T. Nakakuni, U.S. Attorney for the District of Hawaii, announced that law enforcement officers have […]

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Bob McElroy | USAG Pohakuloa Public Affairs U.S. Army Garrison-Pohakuloa and the Hawaii Police Department signed a memorandum Oct. 31 that creates training opportunities for both organizations and enhances their already-solid professional relationship. The memorandum of understanding allows HPD officers to use the classrooms, firing ranges and training facilities here and opens opportunities for Pohakuloa’s […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The county has been awarded funding from the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to hire six additional police officers, Mayor Billy Kenoi announced. The COPS grant application process is highly competitive, and the County of Hawaii was awarded $1,392,336 to cover salaries and benefits for six officers […]

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Police Chief Harry Kubojiri visits Waiakea Intermediate School to congratulate anti-ice pledge contest winners

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MEDIA RELEASE The public is invited to participate in an anonymous Community Satisfaction Survey for the Hawaii Police Department during the month of December. Chief Harry Kubojiri said last year’s survey helped him identify actions the Police Department could take to increase community satisfaction. “Although we have taken steps to enhance our services, we know […]

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County officials Monday (Nov 23) announced a holiday season program to help promote road safety, and cut down on impaired driving.

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MEDIA RELEASE The Hawai’i Police Department accepted $112,718 in federal grant money on Friday (June 5) to target drug trafficking organizations on the island of Hawai’i, especially those that traffic in “ice.” The High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas grant for calendar years 2009 and 2010 is from the Office of National Drug Control Policy out […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Mayor Billy Kenoi presented U.S. Attorney Ed Kubo with a Ko‘a wood key to Hawai‘i County Monday in a ceremony at the County’s Aupuni Center conference room in Hilo. Kubo, who was named U.S. Attorney in Honolulu by President George W. Bush in 2001, has worked tirelessly to fight crime in Hawai‘i County, […]

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  MEDIA RELEASE   Dispatchers and call takers from the Hawai’i Police Department were recognized on Tuesday (April 14) in honor of National Public Safety Telecommunications Week. At an employee luncheon funded by private donations, Chief Harry Kubojiri thanked the dispatchers for their work and said their voices have “a calming effect” on both callers […]

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