Honolulu County Police Blotter

The Honolulu County Police Blotter is the daily adult arrest log kept by the Honolulu Police Department. The log covers the whole island of Oahu, split into eight patrol districts. HPD posts the log online each day at 801 South Beretania Street, and the page stays live for 14 days before it rolls off. You can also walk in to the Records and Identification Division or mail a UIPA request to pull a page that is older than two weeks. This is the first place to look for any Oahu arrest name, charge, or time.

Search the Honolulu County Arrest Log

The HPD arrest log page is the public-facing Honolulu County Police Blotter. Adult logs go up each day, pulled by the Information Technology Division straight from the Case Report System. Each entry shows the date and time of the stop, the name of the person held, age, sex, race, the arresting officer, the charge, and the report number. The log also runs on a screen at the Central Receiving Division desk inside Alapai Headquarters 24 hours a day.

The page shown above is the live feed for the Honolulu County Police Blotter. The logs stay online for 14 days. Past that, the page drops off and the file moves to the archive. Only the Records and Identification Division can copy an old page for the public. No walk-in or phone request works for a log more than 14 days old. Send a written request that lists the exact date or dates you want.

Mail old log requests to: Honolulu Police Department, Records and Identification Division, 801 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, HI 96813. Call (808) 723-3258 for the records line. The division works through each request in the order it was filed, so a long run can take a few weeks. The fee is $0.50 for the first page and $0.25 for each page after.

HPD Arrest Log Policy

The Honolulu County Police Blotter runs on a written rule set by the chief of police. The current rule grew out of OIP Opinion Letter 91-04 from March 1991. That letter said the county police must hand the blotter to the public under chapter 92F of the Hawaii Revised Statutes. HPD wrote its own Public Access to Arrest Logs Policy to match.

The rule sets one file format for the whole Honolulu County Police Blotter: the crystal report called Adult Arrest Log. No other log or book is kept. No search service is run on the log. If you walk in with a name, the staff will not look it up for you. You read the page and copy what you need by hand. The HPD reads that as the way to stay in line with the OIP rule and keep juvenile cases out.

HPD also runs a Crime Analysis Policy that shapes how arrest data flows from patrol to the front desk. Tactical and strategic reports are marked "CONFIDENTIAL / FOR POLICE USE ONLY". Those reports do not flow to the public. The blotter is the only cut of the arrest file the public sees day-to-day.

Honolulu County Police Reports

A police report is one step past the Honolulu County Police Blotter. A blotter line is a single row. A report is the full case file. The HPD Police Reports page shows how to ask for a copy. You can file by email, by mail, or in person at 801 South Beretania Street. The Records Unit is open Monday through Friday, 7:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The unit is closed on weekends and state holidays.

A report is released only if the case is closed. Names, home addresses, social security numbers, dates of birth, and phone numbers are redacted under section 92F-13 of the HRS. No medical report, no TRO, no injunction, no court paper, and no clearance letter goes out. For a Motor Vehicle Collision report, call the Records Division at (808) 723-3258. Reports over 10 pages may not be ready the same day.

The fee for a report copy is $0.50 for the first page and $0.25 for each page after. A color copy is $0.65 per page. A verification letter is $1.00 for the first page and $0.25 for each page after. A notarized and signed request letter is required along with a copy of a valid photo ID.

The HPD home page above has the full menu of resources. Annual reports, cold cases, the covered offender registry, calls for police service, cyber crime tips, traffic data, and media releases all sit on the main site. For an arrest record beyond the blotter, the home page points you to the state Criminal Justice Data Center.

Online Citizen Police Report System

Oahu residents can file a non-emergency report online. The system is run on the HPD online reporting portal. Reports may be filed at any time, but staff only work them Monday through Friday between 6:30 a.m. and 3:15 p.m. An officer will call back to confirm the facts. The caller ID will show (808) 768-0000.

The portal above is the one way to start a report without driving to a station. It is tied to the Case Report System, so any accepted case flows into the main file and can later show on the Honolulu County Police Blotter. The system only takes a short list of case types.

Case types that work with the online system:

• Minor assault with no visible injury and no weapon
• Lost property and criminal property damage
• Catalytic converter theft and credit card fraud
• Identity theft and harassment
• Add-on inventory for an open UEMV or burglary case
• Follow-up reports tied to a past case number

If the case is an emergency, call 911. If the suspect is there or the case has a weapon, the portal will not take it. The system does not take motor vehicle crash reports or vehicle theft.

Honolulu Police Districts

The Honolulu County Police Blotter is one file, but HPD runs eight patrol district stations. Each station covers a slice of Oahu and keeps its own incident file. The station is the fastest stop for a small case or a follow-up tied to one area.

The District 8 page shown above is a sample of the district sub-sites. Each district site links back to the central Honolulu County Police Blotter feed but also holds local notes, crime prevention tips, and community meeting dates. A TRO service check is run through the district where the subject lives.

Honolulu Crime Data

HPD ships raw crime data to the Honolulu Open Data Portal. Every HPD case is posted with a report date, time, offense type, and district. The file is a snapshot, so late reports and reclassified cases can move the count. The data set covers Public Safety incidents for the City and County of Honolulu and updates on a set schedule.

In 2024, Honolulu County reported 1,849 violent crimes and 19,302 property crimes. The year ran 22 murders, 294 forcible rapes, 511 robberies, 1,022 aggravated assaults, 1,499 burglaries, 12,577 larceny-thefts, and 3,377 motor vehicle thefts. Total arrests hit 26,733. That gives you a sense of how many lines pass through the Honolulu County Police Blotter in a year.

Under HRS section 846-9, any arrest that ended in a conviction is public. Any arrest that ended with no conviction or is still open is closed to the public at the HCJDC. That is why the day-of blotter is open but an eCrim pull on an old arrest may show nothing.

State Resources for Honolulu Cases

Once a Honolulu County Police Blotter entry leads to a charge, it flows into state systems. The Hawaii State Judiciary runs eCourt Kokua for case search. Defendant name, charge, date, and disposition can be pulled up for any Oahu court case. The First Circuit Court sits at Kaahumanu Hale, 777 Punchbowl Street, in downtown Honolulu.

The Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center at 465 S. King Street, Room 102, holds the adult conviction file. Call (808) 587-3279 to ask about a name or fingerprint check. The HCJDC also runs eCrim, the online pull for conviction records. A search costs $5. A certified print costs $12. The Hawaii Revised Statutes at chapter 846 set the rules for the whole chain, from first arrest to long-term storage.

The Hawaii Department of Public Safety holds inmate data for cases that went to state jail. The Oahu Community Correctional Center is the main Oahu facility. A vendor-run inmate search links from the DPS home page.

Cities in Honolulu County

Honolulu County is Oahu. Every city on Oahu is part of the Honolulu County Police Blotter. Pick a city to find the right district station and the local records desk.

Other Hawaii Counties

Honolulu County is its own island. The neighbor island counties each run their own Police Blotter feed.