Since 2020, he noted, HPD’s applications for police recruits have decreased dramatically. That year, the department received 4, 381 applications, while in 2023 it received about 1, 757 ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - HPD has been struggling to fill 400 vacant officer positions. To help do just that, the department is bringing back a cadet program to steer young people toward a career ...

HPD chief Arthur “Joe” Logan speaks during a news conference, on Jan. 30, in Honolulu. Logan, on Tuesday, laid out budgetary changes his 2,100-person police force expects to face in the 2026 ...

HPD’s Bicycle Patrol crosses Hotel Street in Chinatown. To bolster its ranks, he said, HPD’s recruitment team has appeared at up to 179 recruitment events in 2024, up from 36 in 2021.