County of Hawaii 1997 Data Book Section 4: Law Enforcement

County of Hawaii 1997 Data Book Section 4: Law Enforcement
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Table 4.1-- HAWAII COUNTY POLICE STATIONS BY LOCATION, DISTRICT AND PHONE NUMBERS: 1998

Name	Location	District	Phone

Hilo headquarters	349 Kapiolani St., Hilo	S. Hilo	935-3311
Honokaa station	Honokaa	Hamakua	775-9522
Kapaau station	Kohala	N. Kohala	889-0588
Keaau station	Keaau	Puna	966-7432
Kealakehe station	Kona	Kona	326-4646
Laupahoehoe station	Laupahoehoe	N. Hilo	962-6226
Naalehu station	Naalehu	Kau	929-9822
Waimea station	Waimea	S. Kohala	885-0422

Source: GTE Hawaiian Tel, Hawaii Telephone Book, August 1997-98, p.2.

Table 4.2-- RATIO OF RESIDENT POPULATION TO POLICE OFFICERS, HAWAII COUNTY: 1993 TO 1997

(As of December 31)

Subject	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997

Total Police Dept. 1/	453	477	480	485	491
Sworn	334	348	349	353	357
Civilian 2/	119	129	131	132	134

Resident population
(1,000)	133.2	135.5	137.5	139.7	141.5

No. of persons per
police officer	399	389	394	396	396

1/ Actual strength.
2/ Does not include temporary, part-time, or short-term employees.
Source: Hawaii County Police Department, records.

Table 4.3-- PER CAPITA COST OF POLICE SERVICE, HAWAII COUNTY: 1993 TO 1997

Subject	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997

Total expenditures
($1,000)	24,495	25,045	25,944	26,471	27,982

Resident population	133,200	135,500	137,500	139,700	141,500

Per capita cost ($)	183.54	184.83	188.68	189.49	197.75

Source: Hawaii County Police Department, records.

Table 4.4-- CRIME INDEX OFFENSES AND NUMBER OF OFFENSES COMMITTED PER 100,000 RESIDENT POPULATION, HAWAII COUNTY: 1980 TO 1997

Year	Actual crime index offenses 1/	Resident Population	Offenses committed per 100,000 resident population


1980	5,207	92,053	5,657
1981	5,623	97,000	5,797
1982	5,516	98,000	5,629
1983	4,869	101,000	4,821
1984	4,697	106,400	4,431
1985	5,111	109,700	4,659
1986	5,339	111,800	4,775
1987	4,934	115,200	4,283
1988	5,909	117,500	5,029
1989	6,831	122,300	5,585
1990	7,460	120,317	6,200
1991	7,226	121,300	5,957
1992	6,895	130,500	5,284
1993	6,880	133,200	5,165
1994	7,116	135,500	5,252
1995	7,074	137,500	5,126
1996	6,855	139,700	4,896
1997	7,317	141,500	5,153

1/ Crime index offenses include: murder/negligent manslaughter, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, and auto theft.
Source: Hawaii County Police Department, Annual Reports, 1980/81-1987/88; and records.

Table 4.5-- ACTUAL PART I AND PART II OFFENSES KNOWN TO POLICE, HAWAII COUNTY: 1981 TO 1997

Classification and year	Number of actual offenses	Number Cleared 1/	Percent cleared

Part I Offenses

1981	6,237	1,765	28.3
1982	6,204	2,207	35.6
1983	5,512	1,959	35.5
1984	5,448	1,950	35.8
1985	6,065	2,298	37.9
1986	6,419	2,749	42.8
1987	6,012	2,216	36.9
1988	7,010	2,210	31.5
1989	8,215	2,550	31.0
1990	9,043	2,959	32.7
1991	9,008	3,414	37.9
1992	8,678	3,421	39.4
1993	8,902	3,306	37.1
1994	9,115	3,536	38.8
1995	9,278	3,555	38.3
1996	9,148	3,546	38.8
1997	9,646	4,188	43.4

Part II Offenses

1981	4,787	2,760	57.7
1982	4,901	2,981	60.8
1983	4,582	2,565	56.0
1984	5,610	3,131	55.8
1985	7,014	4,312	61.5
1986	7,428	5,132	69.1
1987	7,650	4,555	59.6
1988	7,727	4,755	61.5
1989	8,783	5,440	61.9
1990	8,750	5,203	59.5
1991	8,948	5,101	57.0
1992	9,360	5,314	56.8
1993	8,262	4,972	60.2
1994	9,491	4,941	52.1
1995	10,545	6,934	65.8
1996	11,730	8,389	71.5
1997	12,287	10,813	88.0

1/ Includes clearances from previous years.
Source: Hawaii County Police Department, Annual Reports, 1981/82-1987/88 (annual); and records.

Table 4.6-- OFFENSES KNOWN TO POLICE AND CLEARANCES, BY TYPE OF OFFENSE, HAWAII COUNTY: 1997

Classification of offense	Offenses		Cases 1/ cleared	Percent cleared	Cleared cases committed by adults	Cleared cases committed by juveniles
Classification of offense	Reported or known	Actual	Cases 1/ cleared	Percent cleared	Cleared cases committed by adults	Cleared cases committed by juveniles

Part I Classes
1a. Murder/nonneg.
manslaughter	10	9	7	77.8	7	-
1b. Negligent
manslaughter	1	1	-	-	-	-
2. Rape	48	46	25	54.3	21	4
3. Robbery	73	68	42	61.8	37	5
4. Aggravated assault	163	161	147	91.3	134	13
5. Burglary	1,666	1,651	314	19.0	241	73
6. Larceny	5,144	5,029	1,446	28.8	1,057	389
7. Auto theft	448	353	108	30.6	85	23
8. Other assaults	2,338	2,328	2,099	90.2	1,922	177

Crime index total	7,552	7,317	2,089	28.5	1,582	507
% chge. from prev. yr	7.3	6.7	6.5	-0.1	10.6	-4.3

Part I total	9,891	9,646	4,188	43.4	3,504	684
% chge. from prev. yr	5.9	5.4	18.1	4.6	25.3	-8.7


Part II Classes
9. Arson	35	35	8	22.9	3	5
10. Forgery/counterfeit	1,153	1,146	1,329	116.0	1,312	17
11. Fraud	946	931	971	104.3	952	19
12. Embezzlement	15	14	28	200.0	28	-
13. Rec. stolen property.	34	34	41	120.6	39	2
14. Vandalism	1,589	1,584	304	19.2	236	68
15. Weapons	71	69	72	104.3	61	11
16. Prostitution	28	28	25	89.3	24	1
17. Sex offenses	347	302	300	99.3	241	59
18. Narcotic drug laws	973	963	675	70.1	511	164
19. Gambling	6	5	9	180.0	9	-
20. Offenses vs. family	71	63	90	142.9	89	1
21. Driving under infl.	744	675	675	100.0	660	15
22. Liquor laws	168	168	169	100.6	145	24
*23. Drunkenness	-	-	-	-	-	-
24. Disorderly conduct	282	281	140	49.8	126	14
25. Vagrancy	-	-	-	-	-	-
26. All other offenses	5,355	5,337	5,342	100.1	5,118	224
*27. Truancy	-	-	-	-	-	-
28. Curfew	52	52	52	100.0	-	52
29. Runaways	616	600	583	97.2	-	583

Part II Total	12,485	12,287	10,813	88.0	9,554	1,259
% chg. from prev. yr.	4.8	4.7	28.9	16.5	35.5	-5.9

TOTAL (Parts I & II).	22,376	21,933	15,001	68.4	13,058	1,943
% chg. from prev. yr.	5.3	5.1	25.7	11.2	32.6	-6.9

* Not a criminal offense as of 1969.
1/ Cases cleared by arrest or otherwise, includes clearances of cases from previous years.
Source: Hawaii County Police Department, records.

Table 4.7-- OFFENSES AND COMPLAINTS KNOWN TO POLICE, HAWAII COUNTY, BY DISTRICT: 1997

Classification of offenses	Hawaii County	South Hilo	North Hilo	Hamakua	North Kohala	South Kohala	Kona	Kau	Puna

PART I OFFENSES

1a. Murder/nonnegligent manslaughter	10	4	-	-	-	-	1	-	5
1b. Negligent manslaughter	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
2. Rape	48	11	-	4	3	3	18	1	8
3. Robbery	73	41	-	1	1	1	23	2	4
4. Aggravated assault	163	47	1	4	9	13	45	7	37
5. Burglary	1,666	583	9	27	16	99	400	76	456
6. Larceny	5,144	2,111	39	80	67	494	1,451	141	761
7. Auto theft	448	161	1	11	9	27	148	16	75
8. Other assaults	2,338	777	8	84	87	168	737	64	413

PART I TOTALS	9,891	3,735	58	211	192	805	2,823	307	1,760


PART II OFFENSES
9. Arson	35	10	-	5	-	-	4	4	12
10. Forgery/counterfeit	1,153	537	-	22	17	94	302	4	177
11. Fraud	946	441	5	43	11	66	305	3	72
12. Embezzlement	15	6	-	-	1	1	5	-	2
13. Rec. stolen property	34	24	-	-	-	1	5	-	4
14. Vandalism	1,589	634	18	65	41	104	433	63	231
15. Weapons	71	35	1	2	4	2	16	2	9
16. Prostitution	28	24	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
17. Sex offenses	347	96	2	8	9	31	103	11	87
18. Narcotic drug laws	973	431	15	32	23	49	237	34	152
19. Gambling	6	2	-	-	-	-	3	1	-
20. Offenses vs. family	71	22	-	3	1	3	19	4	19
21. Driving under influence	744	188	4	18	16	97	216	7	198
22. Liquor laws	168	87	3	-	4	4	56	2	12
*23. Drunkenness	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
24. Disorderly conduct	282	116	3	9	7	23	63	5	56
25. Vagrancy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
26. All other offenses	5,355	2,262	13	172	139	362	1,224	144	1,039
*27. Truancy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
28. Curfew	52	11	-	1	3	2	35	-	-
29. Runaways	616	222	6	9	15	26	184	16	138

PART II TOTALS	12,485	5,148	70	389	291	865	3,214	300	2,208

TOTALS (PART I & II)	22,376	8,883	128	600	483	1,670	6,037	607	3,968

* Not a criminal offense as of 1969.
Source: Hawaii County Police Department, records.

Table 4.8-- JUVENILE ARRESTS BY CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENSE, HAWAII COUNTY: 1993 TO 1997

Classification of offenses	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997

Part I Offenses
1a. Murder/nonneg. manslaug.	-	-	2	-	-
1b. Negligent manslaughter	-	-	1	-	-
2. Rape	1	2	-	3	4
3. Robbery	6	14	15	14	13
4. Aggravated assault	11	12	10	8	14
5. Burglary	142	146	97	135	169
6a. Larceny - $50 & over	145	103	111	170	116
6b. Larceny - Under $50	428	466	313	346	301
7. Auto theft	64	69	59	50	56
8. Other assaults	136	176	187	182	121

Part I Total	933	988	795	908	794

Part II
9. Arson	2	2	3	-	8
10. Forgery/counterfeit	11	7	2	1	4
11. Fraud	4	7	6	6	6
12. Embezzlement	-	-	-	-	-
13. Rec. stolen property	2	3	1	1	1
14. Vandalism	64	126	76	65	67
15. Weapons	11	12	8	13	12
16. Prostitution	-	-	-	-	2
17. Sex offenses	8	6	7	10	18
18. Narcotic drug laws	185	208	316	243	215
19. Gambling	-	17	9	1	-
20. Offenses vs. family	-	-	-	-	-
21. Driving under influence	8	5	18	16	19
22. Liquor laws	49	91	92	61	45
*23. Drunkenness	-	-	-	-	-
24. Disorderly conduct	20	20	13	13	20
25. Vagrancy	-	-	-	-	-
26. All other offenses	410	373	433	330	235
27. Suspicion	-	-	-	-	-
28. Curfew	76	38	87	121	121
29. Runaway	645	541	608	562	492

Part II Total	1,495	1,456	1,679	1,443	1,265

TOTAL (Part I & II) ....	2,428	2,444	2,474	2,351	2,059

* Not a criminal offense as of 1969.
Source: Hawaii County Police Department, records.

Table 4.9-- MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, BY DISTRICTS, HAWAII COUNTY: 1991 TO 1997

Subject and year	Hawaii County	Puna	South Hilo	North Hilo	Hamakua

1995

Fatal & injury accidents	1,460	232	605	28	33

Persons killed	23	3	6	-	-

Persons injured	2,134	353	879	39	44

Property damage only accidents	3,556	444	1,495	35	107

1991	6,455	810	2,815	105	168
1992	5,683	457	2,587	92	125
1993	5,316	546	2,075	141	211
1994	5,370	495	2,075	187	211
1995	5,016	676	2,100	63	140
1996	4,961	593	1,964	87	148
1997	4,975	590	1,921	65	126

Subject and year	Hawaii County	Kohala	Kohala	Kona	Kau

1995

Fatal & injury accidents	1,460	22	114	381	45

Persons killed	36	-	2	8	1

Persons injured	2,134	29	154	564	72

Property damage only accidents	3,556	59	298	1,056	62

1991	6,455	85	501	1,881	90
1992	5,683	64	219	2,016	123
1993	5,316	82