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The Kona Crime Prevention Committee recognized Officer Jason Foxworthy as “Officer of the Year” in a luncheon ceremony Wednesday (September 14) at King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel in Kailua-Kona.

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The Kona Crime Prevention Committee recognized Officer Ellsworth Fontes as “Officer of the Year” in a luncheon ceremony Wednesday (September 9) at King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel. Fontes was honored for his outstanding performance as a Community Policing officer.

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The Aloha Exchange Club of East Hawaiʻi recognized Officer Kelly Moniz as “Officer of the Year” and Kyle Vares as “Fire Fighter of the Year” in a dinner ceremony Thursday evening (March 19).

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The Kona Crime Prevention Committee recognized Officer Kalae Lee as “Officer of the Year” in a luncheon ceremony Friday (September 12) at King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel in Kailua-Kona. Lee was honored for his successful investigation of a methamphetamine dealer.

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MEDIA RELEASE The Kona Crime Prevention Committee’s Officer of the Year luncheon is 11:45 a.m. Friday, Sept. 12 at the Courtyard King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel. The Kona Crime Prevention Committee honors a county police officer every month for their outstanding performance in the line of duty. This year’s honorees include Justin Gasper, Brandon Mansur, […]

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The Aloha Exchange Club of East HawaiÊ»i recognized Sergeant James Correa as “Officer of the Year” and Captain Darwin Okinaka as “Firefighter of the Year” in a dinner ceremony Thursday evening (March 20). Sergeant Correa, who joined the Police Department in March 1998, is assigned to the South Hilo District, where he heads the Special […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Kona Crime Prevention Committee recognized Officer Randy Morris as “Officer of the Year” in a luncheon ceremony Wednesday (Sept. 11) at King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel. Morris, a HI-PAL officer in Kona, was honored for an arrest that curtailed a spike in burglaries last year in West Hawaii. During August and September […]

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Officer Ryan Domingo has been named Hawaiʻi Police Department’s “Officer of the Year” by the Hawai’i State Law Enforcement Officials Association (HSLEOA). Domingo was honored for administering life-saving first aid to a victim of gunshot wounds.

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The Kona Crime Prevention Committee has recognized Officer Paul Mangus as “Officer of the Year.” In a luncheon ceremony on September 12 at Huggo’s restaurant in Kailua-Kona, the school resource officer was honored for immediately investigating a report of child abuse he received while at Kealakehe Intermediate School.

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MEDIA RELEASE The Kona Crime Prevention Committee’s Officer of the Year celebration is 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12 at King Kamehameha Kona Beach Hotel.  The officers for each month will be honored and the officer of the year will be announced.  The public is invited to attend. The cost of the event is $35 and […]

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The Aloha Exchange Club of East Hawaiʻi recognized Officer Erhard Autrata as “Officer of the Year” and Captain Jesse Ebersole as “Firefighter of the Year” in a dinner ceremony Thursday evening (March 15).

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MEDIA RELEASE The Kona Crime Prevention Committee recognized Officer Jeremy “Scotty” Lewis as “Officer of the Year” in a luncheon ceremony Wednesday at King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel. Lewis had already been honored twice this year as “Officer of the Month.” In April, he was was recognized for his investigation of an unauthorized entry into […]

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The Aloha Exchange Club of East Hawai’i recognized Officer Lloyd Ishikawa as “Officer of the Year” and Battalion Chief Lance Uchida as “Firefighter of the Year” in a dinner ceremony Thursday evening (March 24).

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The Hawai’i State Law Enforcement Officials Association has named Detective Sherry Bird as the Hawai’i Police Department’s Officer of the Year for 2009. Bird, an 11-year veteran of the Police Department, is assigned to the Ice Task Force in Kona. Since she joined the unit in September 2008, Bird and the Ice Task Force either […]

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