Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 27, Number 5, 1 May 2010 — Kailua-Kona will have bike patrol [ARTICLE]
Kailua-Kona will have bike patrol
A $25,000 grant from OHA awarded in 2009 to the Hawai'i County Poliee Department continues to reap benefits for loeal poliee officers. West Hawai'i officers will begin patrolling Ali'i Drive on bicycles sometime in May, providing them more mobility through alleyways and other pathways than a patrol car. The grant from OHA provided training and new bikes to officers in the Hilo, Keaukaha and Puna areas. The grant funded training for officers patrolling in Native Hawaiian communities as a less intimidating approach when responding to problems in those areas. The grant's long-range plan was to include patrols in other communities in the county and when there was interest from Kona officers to enroll in the training program, the department extended its instruction to West Hawai'i.