Hawaii County Police Department
Common nameHawaii Police Department
AbbreviationHPD
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionHawaii, United States
Legal jurisdictionCounty of Hawaii
General nature
Operational structure
HeadquartersHilo, Hawaii
Agency executives
  • Paul Ferreira, Chief
  • Kenneth Bugado, Deputy Chief
Parent agencyHawaii County, Hawaii


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

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:

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

Police car issue

Subsidized Honolulu Police car

As with the Honolulu Police Department, 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.[3]

See also

References

  1. Hawaii County QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine
  2. See: Commander § American police rank.
  3. "General Order No. 802". Archived from the original on 2008-12-22. Retrieved 2015-05-02.

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