The Hawai'i County Police Department provides police services for the island of Hawai'i, known locally as the "Big Island". According to the 2010 Census, it covers 4,028.02 square miles (10,433 km²) of varied terrain with 185,079 residents and thousands of visitors.^[1]

Operation Bureaus[edit]

Benjamin Moszkowicz was appointed Chief of Hawai'i Police Department by the Hawai'i County Police Commission on December 16, 2022. Chief Moszkowicz comes to Hawai'i Island from Honolulu Police Department, where he most recently served as Major in the Traffic Division. (https://www.hawaiipolice.com/about-us/police-chief#:~:text=Police%20Chief%20Benjamin%20Moszkowicz,Major%20in%20the%20Traffic%20Division.) For police purposes the island is divided into two areas:

• Area I: east Hawaiʻi, which includes the districts of Hāmakua, North Hilo, South Hilo and Puna, with total area of 1,685 square miles (4,360 km²)
• Area II: west Hawaiʻi, which includes North Kohala, South Kohala, North Kona, South Kona, and Ka'ū, an area of 2,345 square miles (6,070 km²).

Each district is headed by a police captain, and each area by a commander.^[2]

Police Vehicle[edit]

Hawaiʻi County Police has a fleet of marked police cars as well as subsidized police cars, meaning they allow officers to use their personally owned vehicles as police cars. The subsidized vehicles must meet certain requirements to qualify, such as (but not limited to) engine size and body style.^[3]

See also[edit]

• State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers
• Honolulu Police Department
• Hawaii Department of Public Safety
• List of law enforcement agencies in Hawaii

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Hawaii Police homepage