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The following is an alphabetical list of articles related to the U.S. state of Hawaii:
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The Hawaii Department of Public Safety was a department within the executive branch of the government of the U.S. state of Hawaii. It was headquartered in the 919 Ala Moana Boulevard building in Honolulu, Hawaii. At the time of its deactivation, the Department of Public Safety was made up of three divisions: Administration, Corrections, and Law Enforcement.
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The Hawaii Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE) and also known as the Hawaii DLNR Police, is the law enforcement agency for the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources. It is tasked with full state police powers to enforces all State laws and Department rules, with primary jurisdiction involving State lands, State Parks, historical sites, forest reserves, aquatic life and wildlife areas, coastal zones, Conservation districts, State shores, as well as county ordinances involving county parks, for enforcing Hawaii's fishing and recreational boating laws and protecting reefs and other marine resources, patrolling harbors and coastal areas, and conducting marijuana eradication missions.
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 laws and Department rules; conduct investigations of the most complex, confidential and diverse civil/criminal cases being considered and/or readied for court action and prosecution; obtains additional information, evidence, and facts to clarify or substantiate findings of law enforcement agencies; secures, interviews, and interrogates witnesses complainants, and suspects; conducts highly confidential investigations for the Attorney General's Office; special career criminal suppression investigations; arrest subjects, processes and serves legal papers; conduct warrant investigations and extraditions; coordinates investigations and works closely with the Hawai‘i Police Department, military, and federal law enforcement agencies, and all levels of the court system.
The Attorney General of Hawaii, the chief legal officer and chief law enforcement officer of Hawaii, is responsible for the Department of the Attorney General which is charged with advising the various other departments and agencies of the state government and for the prosecution of offenses under state law.
The Hawaii Department of Transportation Harbor Police (HP) is the principal maritime law enforcement agency of the State of Hawaii, headquartered at Honolulu Harbor.
The Hawaii Department of Law Enforcement (DLE) is a department within the executive branch of the government of the U.S. state of Hawaii. The department, which commenced operations on Janaury 1, 2024, was created to merge several previously separate law enforcement functions among the Department of the Attorney General, Department of Transportation, and Department of Public Safety into a single department to improve efficiency.
References
- ↑ 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, by Brian A Reaves, US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, July 2011
- ↑ "Board of land and natural resources, police powers, §199-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes". Hawaii State Legislature. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
- ↑ "State of Hawaii, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Conservation and Resource Enforcement, Position Organization Chart, 2015, pp. 163-169" (PDF). Hawaii State Legislature. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
- ↑ "Enforcement, §266-24, Hawaii Revised Statutes". Hawaii State Legislature. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
- ↑ "Department of Taxation Tax Collection Services". January 1, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
- ↑ "Investigators; appointment and powers, §231-4.3, Hawaii Revised Statutes". Hawaii State Legislature. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
- ↑ "State of Hawaii Department of Taxation Plan of Organization, 2014, p. 44" (PDF). Hawaii State Legislature. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
- ↑ "Hawai'i Police Department". Hawai'i Police Department. Retrieved 14 June 2015.