Kahului Police Blotter

The Kahului Police Blotter is the daily arrest and incident log kept by the Maui Police Department for the largest town on Maui. Kahului is a census-designated place and the main port, airport, and shopping hub of the island. MPD does not run a Kahului substation; every Kahului call, every Kahului booking, and every Kahului record goes through MPD headquarters at 55 Mahalani Street in Wailuku. You can search the Kahului Police Blotter by mail, by fax, by online portal, or in person. This page shows each path, each phone, and each fee.

MPD Coverage in Kahului

The Maui Police Department patrols Kahului from its main base at 55 Mahalani Street in Wailuku, about four miles to the west. The main line is (808) 244-6400. The records fax is (808) 244-6418. The records email is crs@mpd.net. Kahului does not have a stand-alone station, so the Kahului Police Blotter feeds straight into the MPD Records Section each shift.

Kahului is the commercial core of Maui. The town holds Kahului Harbor, Kahului Airport, Queen Kaahumanu Center, and a long chain of big-box stores along Dairy Road. That mix of port, air, and retail traffic drives most of the Kahului Police Blotter entries. DUI stops, shoplifting cases, controlled-substance cases, and auto theft reports are the top types logged by MPD in the Kahului beat.

Under Hawaii Revised Statutes section 803, an MPD officer may arrest a person with or without a warrant when there is probable cause. That rule lets an officer stop a person who is in the act of a crime, has an active warrant, or has given enough fact to point to a crime about to be done. Each stop starts a line on the Kahului Police Blotter.

After booking at MPD, prints, photos, and charges move from Wailuku to the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center the same day. That hand-off is the first step from a local Kahului Police Blotter entry to the statewide record. The HCJDC line is (808) 587-3279.

Search the Kahului Police Blotter

The MPD Records Section takes requests in four ways. First, through the Maui County Public Records Request Portal. Second, by fax at (808) 244-6418. Third, by mail to 55 Mahalani Street, Wailuku, HI 96793. Fourth, in person during business hours, Monday through Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Each mail or fax request must list a phone, an email, and a copy of a photo ID.

Processing runs within 10 business days for a simple pull. A complex pull may take longer under the UIPA. A full Kahului Police Blotter entry holds the arrest date, the arrest time, the arrest place, the arresting agency, the charge, the report number, the race, the age, the sex, and the full legal name. Warrant data, bail data, court data, and custody status also sit on the file.

To pull a Kahului arrest record, send the person's full name, date of birth if known, a rough date of arrest, a case or report number if you have one, and your own name, phone, and photo ID. That list speeds the search on MPD's end. If you do not hold the report number, the Records Section can still run a name check.

The HCJDC main page above is the door to a statewide search tied to any Kahului Police Blotter name. For a Kahului record that ended in a conviction, the HCJDC is where the record lives long-term. A name check runs $30 by mail. A print check runs $35 by mail or $55 in person.

UIPA Rules for Kahului Records

Kahului arrest records are public under the Uniform Information Practices Act, chapter 92F of the Hawaii Revised Statutes. Any record that ended in a conviction is open. A record that ended in a non-conviction or is still open is closed to the public under HRS section 846-9. Juvenile records are closed.

UIPA fees follow Hawaii Administrative Rules section 2-71-19. Search time runs $2.50 per 15 minutes. Review and segregation run $5 per 15 minutes. The first $30 of search, review, and segregation fees is waived for every request. If the request serves a public interest, the waiver jumps to the first $60. That is a real break on a long Kahului Police Blotter pull.

The MPD redacts personal contact data, medical data, and any data tied to an open case. HRS section 92F-13 lists the fields that come out of each Kahului Police Blotter file before it leaves the Records Section. Names and numbers tied to a juvenile are always blocked. Names and numbers tied to a sex crime victim are always blocked.

The Office of Information Practices at (808) 586-1400 is the appeal route if MPD denies a Kahului request. OIP also runs an Attorney of the Day line that answers general UIPA questions at no cost, often within 24 hours. A denial must be in writing and must cite a legal basis.

State Tools for Kahului Cases

eCrim is the online pull for adult conviction data tied to any Kahului Police Blotter entry. A first-time user verifies ID with a $1.00 charge on a valid US credit card. A name search costs $5.00. A certified print costs $12. The data set includes last name, first name, aliases, sex, age, weight, height, charge summary, charge detail, disposition, disposition date, sentencing, appeal data, case number, and arrest report number.

The Hawaii State Judiciary eCourt Kokua portal ties each Kahului Police Blotter entry to its court case. Search by name, case number, or date. The Second Circuit Court sits at Hoapili Hale, 2145 Main Street, Wailuku, a short drive west from Kahului. Misdemeanor cases start in District Court. Felony cases start in Circuit Court.

The eCourt Kokua page above covers every Maui case, whether the stop happened in Kahului, Kihei, Wailuku, or Lahaina. A free public access terminal sits inside the Second Circuit Court as a no-cost option for anyone who would rather not pay the online fees. Certified court copies may be ordered at the clerk's window in Hoapili Hale.

Kahului Crime Context

The Crime Prevention and Justice Assistance Division ships Maui County numbers to the FBI UCR file each year. In 2020, Maui County had a total index crime count of 2,294, down 29.3% from the year before. Property crime runs the bulk of the load, with larceny-theft at 1,525.3, burglary at 273.4, and motor vehicle theft at 259. Most of that load falls inside the Kahului Police Blotter zone, since Kahului holds the largest share of retail and parking in the county.

The UCR also showed 705 arrests for Maui County in 2020, down from 967 in 2019. Adult arrests ran 674; juvenile arrests ran 31. About 241 arrests tied to violent index crimes; 464 tied to property index crimes. Those numbers put the Kahului Police Blotter in a wider context: most pages tie to property cases, not violent ones.

The Hawaii Department of Public Safety runs the Maui Community Correctional Center at 600 Waiale Drive, Wailuku. MCCC holds pretrial detainees and sentenced misdemeanants from Kahului, Kihei, Wailuku, Lahaina, and the outer islands. Federal offenders are held by the federal Bureau of Prisons, not by DPS, so a federal Kahului case will not show on the state inmate search.

Nearby Maui Cities

Kahului sits in Maui County. Each Maui town shares the same Maui County Police Blotter chain, run from MPD headquarters in Wailuku. Pick a neighbor below.

Other Maui County towns include Lahaina, Hana, Makawao, Pukalani, Paia, and Haiku. All file through the Maui Police Department. Full county data sits on the Maui County page.