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District 1 - Central Honolulu
District 1 covers the downtown Honolulu area from Liliha Street to Punahou Street. From Round Top Drive to Ala Moana Beach, including Aloha Tower. The resident population of the district is about 70.000 people. As the retail, financial, and political center of the state of Hawaii, the actual number of people in the district and any given time is much greater.
Administrative offices are at the Alapai Headquarters. Located at 801 South Beretania Street, beat 163 on the district beat map. The Alapai Station is the main police station for the island of Oahu and houses many of the department's operations. District 1 also administers the department's Field training and Evaluation Program (FTEP). Partnered with veteran officers, newly gradulated recruits apply knowledge and skills acquired at the academy to hands-on field training experiences.
District's 1's Weed and Seed Detail oversees the Neighborhood Security Program. The revitalization of the downtown area is a good example of how the district's Weed and Seed program teams law enforcement private businesses, and citizens to reduce crime.
The Chinatown Police Substation, located at the corner of Maunakea and North Hotel Streets, opened on May 19, 2000. It has workspace for District 1 patrol officers, detectives, and bicycle detail. It also has an area for civilian volunteers to monitor security cameras that were installed in Chinatown in the summer of 1998.
