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Mabiling
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December 2019
The Honolulu Police Department (HPD) is the principal law enforcement agency of the
City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, headquartered in the Alapa'i Police Headquarters
in Honolulu CDP.
Officially recognized as a part of the government of the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1846, the
police department serves the entire island of O'ahu (which is coextensive with the City
and County of Honolulu), covering over 600 square miles (1,600 km2) of territory, with
just over 900,000 residents (not including military members) and over four million
annual visitors. The island is divided into 8 patrol districts which are then subdivided into
sectors and beats. HPD currently has more than 2,500 employees, 2,134 of which are full-
time sworn officers. A 2003 Department of Justice report listed HPD as the 20th largest
police department in the nation. Unlike the other 49 states, Hawaii does not have a state
police agency per se or individual city agencies; law enforcement is the jurisdiction of the
Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies and received the CALEA TRI-ARC
The researcher would like to express their deepest and sincerest gratitude to the following
To Ms. Lyra Nikka Z. Vivas, their subject Instructor for patiently assisting them in
To their parents, Mr. Conrado B.Mabiling and Mrs. Bresilda D. Mabiling for their
outmost understanding, loving, concern and support for this research paper.
And above all, to the Almighty God, who has given their sufficient strong, knowledge,
wisdom, patience and courage to overcome the challenges and trials that they had in their
words of encouragement and push for tenacity ring in my ears. My sisters Nerissa,
Mara and Camille have never left my side and are very special.
I also dedicate this dissertation to my many friends and relatives who have
supported me throughout the process. I will always appreciate all they have done,
I dedicate this work and give special thanks to my best friend Delmer John F. Nunag
for being there for me throughout the entire research paper making. You have been my
best cheerleader.
B.RESEARCH ABSTRACT…………………………………………………...............
C. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT…………………………………………………………
D.DEDICATION ………………………………………………............................
I. HISTORY………………………………………………................................................
II.LAWS …………………………………………..............................................................
E. REFERENCES .....................................................................................................
From our roots in Hawaiian culture to our modern equipment and personnel,
nation.
There is no state police in Hawaii. Each of the four counties in the state is
responsible for its own police force. The City and County of Honolulu has the
Hawaii is the only state in the Union that has a royal palace on its soil. Prior to
becoming a state and territory of the United States, the Hawaiian Government
The next few pages will tell a little about the background and history of law
and Daryl Jean Aiwohi in the early 90's. It was adapted for the Web by Aaron
Correia in the late 90's. Additional information was provided by Pat Oda.
Ancient Hawaii, or pre-contact Hawaii, is usually referred to as the time period prior to
1778 when Captain James Cook "discovered" the Hawaiian Islands. Each island was
ruled by a chief who was considered a god. At birth these chiefs were given the authority
Law enforcement in pre-contact-Hawaii is commonly called the kapu system. The idea of
kapu was a way of governing based on tradition. There were different kapu for different
infractions. The most serious were laws of the gods, or kapu akua, and laws of the chief,
or kapu ali'i.
The task of bringing criminals to justice was the duty of the 'ilamuku whose office was
hereditary. Those who broke the kapu akua and kapu ali'i were bound with rope and
taken to the chief for adjudication. Justice was swift. Infractions of the kapu akua were
capital crimes and the chief made the decision between life and death. Violations of kapu
However formidable the kapu akua, it also provided for pardon, clemency, absolution,
and mercy. This was known as pu'uhonua or 'refuge' from capital punishment.
In 1782, prior to the unification of the Hawaiian Islands, the great chief Kamehameha I
had a personal experience which resulted in the enactment of one of the most well-known
of all his laws. Kamehameha I had set out in a canoe to raid the coast of Puna on the Big
Island of Hawaii. He came upon two fishermen who were subjects of his enemy. Upon
seeing the chief, they fled. Kamehameha pursued them across a lava field when his foot
predicament the two men returned and attacked him, using their canoe paddles as
weapons. The attack was so brutal that one of the paddles splintered when Kamehameha
was struck on the head. He was left for dead but Kamehameha later recovered from the
attack. After uniting the islands he recalled the incident and commemorated it in one of
his best known edicts, Mamalahoe Kanawai which meant Law of the Splintered Paddle.
O my people,
Kamehameha II (Liholiho) is credited with overthrowing the kapu system in 1819. The
king sat down to eat with his chiefesses in public and abolished the kapu 'ai. The highest
ranking priest at the time, Hewahewa, renounced his office. Kamehameha II then decreed
that all the temples should be abolished throughout the kingdom. Across the entire island
chain the priests followed the command and by this single act many kapus were
abolished. The overthrow of the kapu system was not only the ending of the 'ai kapu law
liberation of the whole society from the binding force of the kapu akua and the kapu kino
of the gods. There exists no other society in the history of the world in which the kings
In 1840 a supreme court was formed in Hawaii and King Kamehameha III established the
On April 27, 1846 an Act to Organize the Executive Departments of the Government was
was given final approval by King Kamehameha III. This Act established various
The highest ranking officer was the Marshal of the Kingdom whose primary
responsibilities were to nominate the Sheriffs and then to instruct, supervise and control
them in the performance of their duties. The Act specified that the marshal shall
recommend a sheriff for each of the islands of Oahu, Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai and that
the governors of each island would approve and appoint these sheriffs. These sheriffs
would have supervisory control and direction of the constables appointed for their
respective islands.
As of January, 1847, the Police Force consisted of two officers and thirty-four men. Their
distinguishing marks were an insignia consisting of a scarlet crown bearing the initials
"K.III" which they wore on the arm and a red band on their caps.
Government of Hawaii. In 1894, the newly proclaimed Republic of Hawaii formed its
After a few years under the governance of the Territory of Hawaii, four county
governments were established out of the original administrative regions of the monarchy.
The octagon-shaped police badge used in the 1880's through the 1920's was similar in
appearance to those of other police departments of that period. In the 1920's the badge
In the late 1920's and early 1930's crime was on the rise in Honolulu. The handling of
several high-profile cases including the Jamieson kidnaping-murder and Massie rape case
widened the gap between locals and foreigners. Due to increased pressure from a group
should be a police commission appointed by the Mayor of the City and County of
Honolulu, with the approval of the Board of Supervisors, whose duty it would be to
appoint a Chief of Police and to supervise the operating of the police department" and
that "the office of the Sheriff be retained and that the Sheriff be charged with the duty of
serving civil process, maintaining the Honolulu Jail, and to act as Coroner."
In 1931 the Honolulu Police Department's police station was located at corner of Bethel
Governor Judd convened a Special Session of the Legislature and on January 22, 1932, it
passed Act 1, carrying out the recommendations by the Governor's Advisory Committee
on Crime. Act 1 established the Honolulu Police Commission and provided for an
In February 1932, the Honolulu Police Department acquired a RCA shortwave radio
transmitter. This soon established itself as one of the Department's most important
toolsOn August 12, 1932, Chief Weber resigned as Chief and replaced George Ii Brown
on the Commission. On the same date William Gabrielson was appointed Chief of Police.
Gabrielson came from the Berkeley Police Department in California. In that time period
police officers wore seven point star badges. Starting in 1932 the Honolulu Police
Department's 7 point star was known as the "Berkeley Star". In the late 1940's a new
design for our badge was created but it wasn't introduced until 1952.
During this period the principal concern of the Police Commission and Department
administrators was personnel resources. Many of the Department's younger officers had
been called into the military service joining their brother officers who had volunteered.
There was a possibility that others would be called, or would volunteer, and replacements
In July of 1941, the Commission authorized the Chief of Police to train "volunteers" to be
trained in the fundamentals of police work if they were qualified. Douglas G. King was
given the rank of Assistant Chief in charge of what was to be called the Honolulu Police
Reserves. He was an unpaid volunteer. Notable among the members of the first group of
reserve officers was R. Alex Anderson, a noted musician and composer of hapa haole
songs.
On December 7, 1941, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Governor Joseph B. Poindexter
signed a proclamation by which he turned the Territory of Hawaii over to the military.
The Territory was immediately declaired to be under martial law. The Honolulu Police
Department became a deputized military force. The word "Emergency" was etched above
the "Honolulu" on the seven-point star badges of police officers. Police officers had to
make adjustments to this strange new way of policing and they found themselves
The San Jose State Spartans football team served with the Honolulu Police Department
for the duration of the war. The team had played a game against the University of Hawaii
Warriors but were stranded in Hawaii after the Pearl Harbor attack. The players
volunteered for police duty to enforce blackout regulations and to help guard the city's
waterworks. Some of the players remained in Hawaii and enlisted in the military.
Honolulu experienced a phenomenal growth in population during the latter part of 1941
and during 1942 due to the increases in the strength of the armed forces. Despite an
almost doubled population there was a decrease in criminal offenses. The significant
reduction in crime was attributed to the operation of the Provost Court, blackout
regulations, early curfew, and other restrictions of movements and activities of the
general public. Nearly every employable person was working, and many worked a
During the mid 1940's the Police Commission requested the assistance of the Public
captain assigned to the Vice Division. Several officers went to trial and were cleared, but
one was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison. Chief Gabrielson resigned for
"personal reasons" and the Police Commission said it was not in any way connected with
totally reorganized.
William Hoopai took the oath of Chief on July 1, 1946. He is credited with the creation
of the Metro Squad, an elite unit assigned as gang busters and with creating a Plans and
Daniel S.C. Liu, who began his career in the Honolulu Police Department as a clerk, was
appointed to the Chief of Police position on October 1, 1948. Hawaii became the 50th
With the advances in air travel in the 1960's Hawaii's tourist industry grew rapidly.
Besides the many curious and vulnerable visitors to the islands there was also a concern
that Hawaii could become a "cooling-off" area for criminal types who needed to leave
their own localities. There was also some thought that some highly sophisticated
criminals with an organization behind them may see Hawaii as an ideal place from which
to direct their operations. Besides being a favorite vacation area, Hawaii was also a land
From 1960 on, court rulings on defendant rights and rules of evidence brought about
strict new guidelines for procedures used by police during the course of an investigation.
In some cases, what used to be permissible was suddenly unlawful. The Department
began intensive training programs for senior officers and new recruits. It stressed the
importance of officers not only being capable of enforcing the law, but also
knowledgeable of the law itself. The recognition of "minority groups" and somewhat new
and at times shocking decisions of appellate courts had a definite effect on police
operations. The assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, the Reverend Martin Luther
King, and Robert Kennedy and the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, and the flight and
capture of James Earl Ray, all contributed in some definite way to point out that an
The Honolulu Police Department had to deal with the same serious problems that the
nation faced, with young adults expressing dissatisfaction with the "Establishment", drug
abuse, and a general disrespect for the law. It became necessary for officers to be aware
of deeper sociological problems involved with dealing with people instead of being mere
from captain of the Finance Division to Chief in 1969. This same year the
Communications Division changed from Police Officer status to that of civilian status.
This move released police officers from "inside" clerical positions so that they could be
utilized more effectively in regular beat patrol duties. This lead to the review and
"Officer". The change was necessary when the first females were accepted into the
department to perform the same patrol function former the domain of males only. The
females were required to undergo the same qualifications testing procedures as the males,
and if successful, they were enrolled in the Recruit Training course. Females were
afforded no special treatment. The first female patrol officers were Mary Beck and
Barbara Uphouse who were commissioned in 1975. The lowering of height, weight and
vision requirements lead to equal opportunities usually denied to females and minority
groups.
Douglas B. Gibb was appointed Chief of Police on June 20, 1983 after Chief Keala
retired. During Chief Gibb's administration the department garnered a global perspective
as national and international type crimes became commonplace. High tech advances in
Identifications System (AFIS). It is managed by the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center
and stores over 180,000 criminal fingerprint records. The majority of comparisons
verifies the identity of arrested persons. Fingerprints of suspects entered into AFIS and
compared to file prints can verify correct names and previous arrest records. The high
speed comparison of crime scene partial fingerprints or latent prints to the data base is a
boon to crime detection. This function resulted in almost 400 "hits" or positive
identifications in the first two years of its operation. These "hits" probably would never
Chief Michael S. Nakamura was sworn in on August 1, 1990. Under Chief Nakamura the
Department became involved with community policing and community problem solving.
On October 16, 1992, the grand opening of Honolulu's eighth main station, Hale Maka'i,
was held.
Honolulu Police Department's crime lab has been expanded to provide statewide services.
This unit consists of professionals with certification in natural and biological sciences.
They are responsible for processing evidence recovered from persons and crime scenes
evidence, drugs and alcohol, firearms, tool marks and document examination. Among the
newest and technologically advanced areas is the crime lab's DNA unit.
Women continued to advance within the Department's ranks. On February 16, 1997,
Barbara Uphouse Wong was promoted to the rank of Assistant Chief. She was one of the
first female officers commissioned by the Honolulu Police Department back in 1975.
Chief Nakamura retired on December 30, 1997, after 27 years of service. Lee Donohue
As the 1990s came to an end the Honolulu Police Department began to implement new
and improved technology. Our police radio system was improved. A digital mug system
went on-line at the main station in April, 1997. Imaging of police reports began in
December, 1998. By late 1999 laptops capable of receiving and transmitting information
In the summer of 1999 the department was about to start training officers on the use of an
Automated External Defibrillator (AED). This instrument proved its value when it saved
the life of one of our own -- Chief Lee Donohue. He collapsed after participating in arrest
procedures competition at the police academy. Fortunately, with the use of the AED, he
did not sustain any heart damage and was able to return to work after a few weeks.
Officer retention was another topic of discussion in 1999. Many officers were recruited
Officers from Hawaii formed their own group years ago -- the Northwest Maka'i Ohana.
In response to a crime wave in the late 1920s and early 1930s as a combined result of
increased racial tensions between whites and local ethnics and the outcome of the Massie
case involving too much political influence on the Police, Territorial Governor Lawrence
duty would be to appoint a chief of police and to supervise the operating of the police
department. The committee also advised that the office of sheriff should be retained and
charged with the duty of serving civil process, of maintaining the Honolulu prison system
and to act as coroner. On January 22, 1932, a special session of the territorial legislature
passed Act 1, establishing the Honolulu Police Commission and creating the office of
chief of police. Thus was born the modern Honolulu Police Department as it exists today.
Police Commission
Police Chief
Administrative Bureau
Administrative Services
Finance
Word Processing
Public Relations
Accreditation
Human Resources
Safety/Workers Comp
Personnel
Training
Technical Services
Computer Center
Communications Dispatch
Traffic Services
Vice Section
Crime Lab
Hāmākua District
Puna District
Community Policing
D.A.R.E
HI-PAL
Vice Section
Kona Patrol
Kaʻū District
Community Policing
D.A.R.E
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QUALIFICATIONS:
AGE REQUIREMENT:
DRIVERS LICENSE:
A valid government issued Driver's License is required at the time of application. Permits
EDUCATION:
CITIZENSHIP:
In order to meet Federal and State requirements to possess a firearm, you must be a U.S.
FIREARMS:
Must be able to meet Federal and State eligibility requirements to possess firearms (i.e.
In addition, meet requirements set forth in Hawaii Revised Status (HRS) Section 134-3.5.
Successful long-term soft daily wear contact lens wearers correctable to 20/20 must have
Loss of color vision is unacceptable (please contact us for partial-loss of color vision)
unacceptable. This is not all-inclusive and is intended only as a general guideline. Each
case will be considered on an individual basis, taking into account any unique
circumstances.
MEDICAL - HEARING
Pure tone thresholds in the unaided worst ear not worse than 25 dB at 500Hz, or 2000Hz,
and not worse than 35 dB loss at 3000Hz or no greater than 30 dB at any time of the first
three frequencies and average loss of less than 30dB for all four frequencies is
acceptable. This is not all-inclusive and is intended only as a general guideline. Each case
will be considered on an individual basis, taking into account any unique circumstances.
While attending the Police Academy, Field Training & Evaluation Program and 4th
After successfully completing the training and probationary period of the MPR
position.
Night differential
21 days of paid vacation per year (accrued monthly at 14 hours each month)
21 days of paid sick leave per year (accrued monthly at 14 hours each month)
Leave days are based on eight (8) hour shifts. Depending on assignments, regular
Withdrawal of Federal/State taxes from any contributions to this plan is deferred until
retirement.
EDUCATIONAL REIMBURSEMENT :
RETIREMENT:
Normal Retirement
Multiplier of 2.25%
* If you have a minimum of 25 years of credited service in this category you may
The SWAT teams train extensively all year to maintain a high level of proficiency.
When they are not training, they perform other assignments, such as interagency
warrants, Coast Guard ship-boarding exercises, and land-navigation training with the
marines at Marine Corps Base Hawaii. They also work with various federal agencies to
The Bomb Unit personnel respond to calls for service, which include military ordnance,
improvised explosive devices, commercial explosives, and hoax devices. The unit also
provides training to schools and other agencies regarding explosives and emergency
evacuation procedures.
Officers in the Canine Unit are called upon to search for prison escapees, missing
persons, and felony suspects. They are also used in narcotics and explosives detection.
Each dog has a badge designation and is considered an officer assigned to the Honolulu
The primary functions of the Helicopter Section are to provide aerial observation and
support to units of the HPD and related agencies. The section also provides special
Mission Statement
The employees of the Hawaiʻi Police Department are committed to preserving the Spirit
of Aloha. We will work cooperatively with the community to enforce the laws, preserve
Vision Statement
The Hawaiʻi Police Department is committed to providing the highest quality of police
service and forming partnerships with the community to achieve public satisfaction
making the Big Island a safe place to live, visit, and conduct business.
https://www.hawaiipolice.com/about-us/mission-statement-vision-statement-and-core-
values
http://www.honolulupd.org/department/index.php?page=history
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honolulu_Police_Department
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/50529NCJRS.pdf
https://www.joinhonolulupd.org
https://www.joinhonolulupd.org/salary--benefits1.html
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