MEDIA RELEASE

The Hawai’i Police Department will hold a community meeting on Tuesday, April 19, from 12-2 p.m. at the Department of Hawaiian Homelands’ Kuhio Hale building in Waimea. The purpose of the meeting is to allow the public to meet the Police Department’s command staff and to discuss concerns with the police chief and commanders who oversee police operations in the South Kohala District.

This event continues the Police Department’s district community meetings, which are rotated monthly throughout the eight police districts on the island of Hawai’i.

To aid police commanders in focusing on specific concerns, police request that participation be limited to persons who live or work in the South Kohala District.

Those interested in participating but unable to attend may e-mail their concerns or comments to jsanborn@co.hawaii.hi.us.

For more information, you may call Captain James Sanborn at 939-2520 or stop by the South Kohala police station in Waimea.