Hawaii County Police Blotter
The Hawaii County Police Blotter is the daily booking log kept by the Hawaii Police Department on the Big Island. HPD posts the booking log as a PDF file and refreshes it on a 48-hour cycle. The file shows the name, the charge, and the offender tracking number for each person held. The Records and Identification Section in Hilo handles written requests for older logs and full police reports. You can search the Hawaii County Police Blotter by district or use the state eCourt Kokua portal for a tie-in to court cases.
Hawaii County Overview
Search the Hawaii County Arrest Log
The Hawaii Police Department covers the whole Big Island, from South Hilo up through North Kohala and down to Kona. The main office sits at 349 Kapiolani Street, Hilo, HI 96720. The non-emergency line is (808) 935-3311. A new web site went live on November 12, 2024 at hawaiipolice.gov. The old hawaiipolice.com domain holds only the older press notes. All email ends in @hawaiipolice.gov as of the same date.
The new HPD home page, shown above, lists every service tied to the Hawaii County Police Blotter. News and Media holds the booking logs, the crime map, the unsolved homicide list, and the weekly media releases. The Services tab holds the police report request page, fingerprint service, and criminal abstracts.
The department splits Big Island patrol into two areas. Area I covers East Hawaii: South Hilo, Puna, North Hilo / Hamakua, and the Records Section. Area II covers West Hawaii: Kona, North Kohala, South Kohala, and Ka'u. South Hilo Patrol is the largest single patrol division. The South Hilo Temporary Detention Facility can hold up to 40 pretrial detainees from three districts.
Note: A Hawaii County Police Blotter hit in East Hawaii is held in Hilo; a West Hawaii hit may sit at the Kona station until transport.
Hawaii Police Booking Logs
The Media Booking Logs page is the Hawaii County Police Blotter in PDF form. Each log runs 48 hours. The header shows the run date and the total count of Offender Tracking Numbers and charge records. One recent log held 34 OTNs and 47 charge rows across two days. The booking data is preliminary and may change; all parties are innocent until proven guilty in court.
The booking log lists name, bail, charges, and the OTN for each person held. That OTN is the number used by the HCJDC to link the record to later court and jail data. The logs are meant for the press but are open to any user of the HPD site. Old logs are not posted online; a written request to the Records Section pulls the archive.
The HPD also runs a Hawaii Island crime map. The map is run by CityProtect.com and ties every reported case to a point on the map of the Big Island. The map refreshes on its own, so late reports and reclassified cases can shift the data. The map shows a category by area, not a live Hawaii County Police Blotter feed.
Get a Hawaii County Police Report
The Get a Copy of a Police Report page walks through the steps. You can call any district station or mail a request to the Records and Identification Section, Hawaii Police Department, 349 Kapiolani Street, Hilo, HI 96720. The response or the report will reach you within 10 business days. Only cash is good at the Big Island window. The fee is $1 for the first page and $0.10 for each page after.
The page shown above sets out the three types of reports. A redacted copy has the name, home address, social security number, date of birth, phone number, and medical, financial, and juvenile data blacked out. The requestor's own data is left in. A letter of authorization is needed to pick up a report for a third party.
Each district station runs a records window:
- Hilo Station Records Section, 7:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., (808) 961-2233
- Kona Station, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., (808) 326-4646 ext. 286
- Waimea Station, 7:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., (808) 887-3080
- Puna (Pahoa) Station, 7:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., (808) 966-5835
- Ka'u Station, 7:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., (808) 939-2520
- Honoka'a Station, 7:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., (808) 775-7533
- Kapa'au Station, 7:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., (808) 889-6540
For the Reports line in East Hawaii, call (808) 961-2233. For West Hawaii reports, call (808) 326-4646, ext. 285. The Information About Arrested Adults line is (808) 961-2213.
Big Island DUI and Traffic Data
A large share of Hawaii County Police Blotter entries tie to traffic. The annual DUI report for 2024 shows 964 DUI arrests, up 0.94% from 955 in 2023. South Hilo ran 290 DUI arrests; Puna ran 196. Impaired drivers in crashes hit 277 arrests. Impaired drivers under 21 ran 71 arrests. Major traffic collisions jumped 17.1% to 987 for the year. Fatal crashes hit 26 with 29 fatalities.
The Traffic Services Section can be reached at (808) 961-2305. Traffic data rolls up into the state UCR file at the Crime Prevention and Justice Assistance Division. That state page is where the long-range Big Island trends show up in the Crime in Hawaii annual report.
Community Policing runs its own lines: East Hawaii at (808) 961-2350, West Hawaii at (808) 326-4646 ext. 259. The Vice / Drug Tip Hotline runs at (808) 934-8423 in Hilo and (808) 329-0423 in Kona. Crime Stoppers is island-wide at (808) 961-8300.
State Systems for Hawaii County Cases
Once a Hawaii County Police Blotter entry moves from the station to the court, it shows up in eCourt Kokua. The Third Circuit Court runs trials for the Big Island. eCourt Kokua lets you search by name, case number, or date. It covers the District Court, the Circuit Court, and the Family Court for Hawaii County.
The Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center at 465 S. King Street in Honolulu holds the statewide file. A Big Island conviction shows on the eCrim pull, and a print at the Hilo station Public Access Site costs $25. Call (808) 587-3279 for the HCJDC record line. Hilo is a Public Access Site under the HCJDC.
The eCrim system holds every adult conviction tied to the Hawaii County Police Blotter. A name search is $5. A certified print is $12. The first-time ID check is a $1 charge on a valid card. The Hawaii Revised Statutes at chapter 92F and chapter 846 set the rules for what flows through the HCJDC and what stays at the county.
A Big Island jail term is held by the Hawaii Department of Public Safety. The Hawaii Community Correctional Center holds pretrial detainees and short-term sentenced inmates. A vendor-run search tool links from the DPS home page.
Cities in Hawaii County
Hawaii County is the Big Island. The county seat and the main records desk sit in Hilo. Click through for the local slice of the Hawaii County Police Blotter.
Other Big Island towns that sit inside Hawaii County include Kailua-Kona, Waimea, Waikoloa, Pahoa, Honoka'a, Captain Cook, and Mountain View. Each of these communities files through the Hawaii Police Department district station that serves their area.
Other Hawaii Counties
Each of the other Hawaii counties runs its own Police Blotter feed. Pick the right island for the stop you are tracking.