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Frequently Asked Questions
This page contains frequently asked questions that we have received via email.
Contact the HPD Community Affairs Section if you have any question or suggestions at hpd@honolulupd.org.
See our contact page for additional points of contact.
NO, not at this time. The Honolulu Police Department does not accept official complaints or police reports by email.
To make a police report call 9-1-1 and inform the operator that it is a non-emergency and ask to speak with an officer.
For information about making a complaint against an employee of HPD click here.
Official requests for information should be made in writing and sent via regular mail to:
Honolulu Police Department
801 South Beretania Street
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
The Honolulu Police Department does not accept police reports by email. If you need to make a police report for insurance purposes, we suggest contacting your local law enforcement agency. Please be as specific as possible about the scene.
Your agency will contact HPD for follow-up. It is difficult to conduct an investigation that is not reported immediately and more so if it is reported out-of-state.
Also note that HPD's jurisdiction is on the island of Oahu. Inform your local law enforcement agency if your scene was on Maui, Kauai, or the island of Hawaii.
To obtain a traffic abstract, you must apply in person at the Records and Identification Division at the main police station, 801 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Telephone : (808)529-3271.
Motor vehicle accident reports are available about 7 days after the accident. There is a fee.
See our web page regarding Hawaii's firearms laws. There is no 14 day waiting period for out-of-state registration. Once the firearm arrives in the state you have 3 calendar days to bring it in for registration. See the registration process.
The City and County of Honolulu does not recognize any outside jurisdiction's concealed weapons license.
For additional information, call the Honolulu Police Department's firearms unit at (808) 529-3371.
We have continuous recruitment for police officers and police dispatchers.
Click on the "JOBS" link at the top or bottom of most of our our web pages to get to the HPD Jobs Home Page for more information. (www.honolulupd.org/hrd)
You may call the Human Resources Division at (808) 529-3336 for more information.
HPD does not accept lateral transfers from other jurisdictions, even if they have a POST certificate.
In order to purchase a patch you must be affiliated with a law enforcement agency. You must provide a copy of your identification with that law enforcement agency, for example, a business card if available and a photocopy of your I.D.
There is a fee of $3.00 to defray the cost of the patch and mailing. Your remittance should be in the form of a U.S. postal or international money order payable to "City Director of Finance". We do not accept foreign monies, personal checks, or checks made payable to anyone else. You may purchase maximum of two patches. If you are interested in trading patches, please include your patch with the request instead of a check.
To: Attn. Community Affairs Section
Honolulu Police Department
801 South Beretania Street
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
We do not have shirt or hat trading program within the department.
The Honolulu Police Relief Association has an online store that sells HPD logo items including shirts, hats, mugs, etc. Visit HPRA at www.honolulupolicerelief.com.
