This is a list of law enforcement agencies in

Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only stat ...

. 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, about 251 for each 100,000 residents.

State agencies

* Hawaii Division of Conservation and Resource Enforcement *

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 ...

** Corrections Division ** Narcotics Enforcement Division ** Sheriff Division *

Hawaii Department of Transportation The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) is a state government organization which oversees transportation in the U.S. state of Hawaii. The agency is divided into three divisions dealing with aviation, maritime, and roads. HDOT Divisions A ...

** Harbor Police **

Airport Police Airport police units are a security police agency assigned to perform law enforcement functions at airports. They provide a wide range of law enforcement duties and responsibilities including patrol, investigation, traffic flow management, and cont ...

* Hawaii Department of the Attorney General, Investigations Division * Hawaii Department of Taxation, Criminal Section *Hawaii Department of Human Services, Investigations Division

County agencies

* Hawai‘i County Police Department -

Hawai‘i Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only ...

* Kaua‘i County Police Department -

Kaua‘i 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 ...

, Ni‘ihau *

Maui County Police Department The Maui County Police Department provides law enforcement for Maui County, Hawaii which includes the islands Molokai and Lanai. The current Police Chief is John Pelletier. History The County Act of 1905 established the five districts for Maui C ...

Maui The island of Maui (; Hawaiian: ) is the second-largest of the islands of the state of Hawaii at 727.2 square miles (1,883 km2) and is the 17th largest island in the United States. Maui is the largest of Maui County's four islands, whic ...

Moloka‘i Molokai , or Molokai (), is the fifth most populated of the eight major islands that make up the Hawaiian Islands archipelago in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It is 38 by 10 miles (61 by 16 km) at its greatest length and width with a us ...

, Lāna‘ī, Kaho‘olawe

Consolidated City-County Agencies

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 ...

Prosecutor Offices

Hawaii Prosecuting Attorney Office, Criminal Investigations Unit The County of Hawaii, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, Criminal Investigations Unit is the law enforcement agency for the County of Hawaii, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney. It is tasked with full state police powers to: enforces all State l ...

*Kauai Prosecuting Attorney Office, Criminal Investigations Unit *Maui Prosecuting Attorney Office, Investigative Services Division *City and County of Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Office, Criminal Investigations Unit

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Law enforcement agencies of Hawaii

Law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is any government agency responsible for the enforcement of the laws. Jurisdiction LEAs which have their ability to apply their powers restricted in some way are said to operate within a jurisdiction. LEA ...