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| Honolulu Police Department | |
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 Patch of the Honolulu Police Department | |
 Badge of the Honolulu Police Department | |
| Abbreviation | HPD |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1846(First formation)1932(second formation) |
| Employees | 2,700 |
| Annual budget | $275,482,399. |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Honolulu, Hawaii, United States |
| Size | 600 square miles (1,600 km2) |
| Population | 953,207 |
| Governing body | City and County of Honolulu |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Sworn members | 2,043 |
| Unsworn members | 657 |
| Agency executive |
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| Website | |
| www.honolulupd.org www.joinhonolulupd.org | |
The Honolulu Police Department (HPD) is the principal law enforcement agency of the City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, headquartered in the Alapa'i Police Headquarters in Honolulu CDP.[1]
Officially recognized as a part of the government of the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1846, the police department serves the entire island of O'ahu (which is coextensive with the City and County of Honolulu), covering over 600 square miles (1,600 km2) of territory, with just over 900,000 residents[2] (not including military members) and over four million annual visitors. The island is divided into 8 patrol districts which are then subdivided into sectors and beats. HPD currently has more than 2,500 employees, 2,134 of which are full-time sworn officers.[3] A 2003 Department of Justice report listed HPD as the 20th largest police department in the nation.[4]
Unlike the other 49 states, Hawaii does not have a state police agency per se or individual city agencies; law enforcement is the jurisdiction of the individual county governments. HPD is nationally accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies and received the CALEA TRI-ARC Excellence Award from them in 2006.[5]
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- ^ "CALEA TRI-ARC Excellence Award Presented". www.calea.org. Gainesville, VA, USA: Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies. Archived from the original on November 2, 2011. Retrieved September 24, 2016.