Hawaii Revised Statutes 52d. Police Departments

• 52d-1 Police Commission.
  A police commission is created for each of the counties. The composition, appointment, terms of office, staff, powers, duties, and functions of each police...
• 52d-2 Chief of Police.
  A chief of police shall be appointed and may be removed as prescribed by the charter of each county. The chief of police shall...
• 52d-3 Powers and Duties of Chief of Police.
  The chief of police shall have the powers and duties as prescribed by law, the respective county charter, and as provided by this chapter....
• 52d-3.5 Reports to Legislature.
  (a) The chief of each county police department shall submit to the legislature no later than January 31 of each year an annual report of...
• 52d-4 Ex Officio Coroner.
  Where there is no other county medical examiner, the chief of police or any duly authorized subordinate shall be ex officio county coroner. An...
• 52d-5 Powers of Chief of Police Outside Own County.
  The chief of police of each county and any duly authorized subordinates shall have and may exercise all powers, privileges, and authority necessary to...
• 52d-6 Police Force; Employees.
  The chief of police may appoint officers and other employees under such rules and at such salaries as are authorized by law. Probationary appointment,...
• 52d-7 Traffic Control Surrounding School Premises.
  (a) The chief of police shall have charge, direction, and control of all matters relating to preserving and protecting the public health, safety, and...
• 52d-8 Police Officers; Counsel For.
  Whenever a police officer is prosecuted for a crime or sued in a civil action for acts done in the performance of the officer's...
• 52d-9 Determination of Scope of Duty.
  The determination of whether an act, for which the police officer is being prosecuted or sued, was done in the performance of the police...
• 52d-10 Disposition of Found, Stolen, or Unclaimed Property.
  Each chief of police, on the first Monday in January and the first Monday in July, shall give the county director of finance a...
• 52d-11 Reports by Common Carriers and Court Clerks.
  All property held by common carriers, subject to section 490:7-308, and by clerks of the court, subject to section 606-4, shall be reported by...
• 52d-12 Duty of Police Officer to Owner.
  Any stolen or lost property in the custody of a police officer shall be delivered to its owner or the owner's duly authorized agent...
• 52d-13 Orders of Retention.
  No property shall be sold or delivered under sections 52D-10 to 52D-14 if the chief of police, any county attorney or corporation counsel, or...
• 52d-14 Duty and Right of Finders.
  (a) Except as provided in section 261-17.7, all money or property found shall be reported or delivered by the finder to the chief of...
• 52d-15 Off-Duty Police Officers; Benefits for Personal Injuries.
  For the purposes of chapters 88 and 386, a police officer who is injured, disabled, or killed while actually engaged in the apprehension or...
• 52d-16 Domestic Violence Policies; Standard of Conduct Policies.
  Each county police department shall post its policies relating to domestic violence, officer-involved domestic violence, and standards of conduct on its official website. [L...

Last modified: October 27, 2016