The Kauai County Police Department (KPD) provides law enforcement for a population of 72,133 people within of the island of
Kauai
Kauai, () anglicized as Kauai ( ), is geologically the second-oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands (after Niʻihau). With an area of 562.3 square miles (1,456.4 km2), it is the fourth-largest of these islands and the 21st largest island ...
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Organization
The current chief of police is Todd Raybuck. The KPD currently employs approximately 150 sworn personnel and about 50 non-sworn civilian support staff. The KPD is divided into three bureaus:
*Patrol Services Bureau- contains emergency dispatch, cell block, three patrol platoons, and a
traffic safety
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section.
*Investigative Services Bureau- is divided into three sections: Adult, Youth Services, and Vice.
*Administrative and Technical Bureau- is largely a civilian support section and contains the following: Personnel, Records, Training, Identification (CSI), Evidence, Fleet, and Telecommunications (TTY).
Political Controversy
The Kauai Police department has faced numerous allegations of corruption, cover-ups and favoritism. A former police chief, K.C. Lum, who was promoted from the
vice
A vice is a practice, behaviour, or habit generally considered immoral, sinful, criminal, rude, taboo, depraved, degrading, deviant or perverted in the associated society. In more minor usage, vice can refer to a fault, a negative character tra ...
division, has been accused of
favoritism, lax management and his selection as chief has been tainted by
ethics
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allegations. The county has paid numerous settlements due to sexual harassment allegations at the Kauai Police Department. As of September 2014, the department remains unaccredited.
The
FBI
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic Intelligence agency, intelligence and Security agency, security service of the United States and its principal Federal law enforcement in the United States, federal law enforcement age ...
also investigated the alleged Kauai
Police corruption
Police corruption is a form of police misconduct in which law enforcement officers end up breaking their political contract and abuse their power for personal gain. This type of corruption may involve one or a group of officers. Internal police ...
.
See also
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State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers
The State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers (SHOPO) is a police union and political action committee located in Honolulu which represents police across the state of Hawaii. Consisting of a separate chapter for each of the four counties ...
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Honolulu Police Department
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 ...
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Hawaii Department of Public Safety
The Hawaii Department of Public Safety is a department within the executive branch of the government of the U.S. state of Hawaii. It is headquartered in the 919 Ala Moana Boulevard building in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Department of Public Safety is m ...
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List of law enforcement agencies in Hawaii
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in Hawaii.
According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 ''Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies,'' the state had 7 law enforcement agencies employing 3,234 sworn police officers, ...
References
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External links
Kauai County Police Department
County police departments of Hawaii
Kauai County, Hawaii