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 Hawaii Law Enforcement & County Police

Hawaii Law Enforcement & County Police

Hawaii is the only U.S. state where law enforcement is handled exclusively by county-level police departments rather than county sheriffs. The state has 4 county police departments — Honolulu, Hawaii County, Maui, and Kauai. The only statewide sheriff-like body is the Hawaii Sheriff Division, a state-level unit within the Department of Public Safety that provides courthouse security and statewide process service — it is not a county sheriff in the traditional sense.

⚠ Hawaii does not have traditional county sheriffs

This page previously contained generic state-template content describing a county sheriff system that does not exist in Hawaii. The directory below lists the agencies that actually perform these functions.