Hawaiʻi Police Department wishes to extend a big mahalo to all the businesses and individuals

 Personal Protective Equipment Donations

Hawaiʻi Police Department wishes to extend a big mahalo to all the businesses and individuals who have selflessly donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for our uniformed police officers during this COVID-19 pandemic.  In response, we wish to highlight some of these donations.

• Dr. Joan M. Greco, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon, of Hawaiʻi Island, donated 345 custom made 3D Masks with N95 filter inserts to the Hawaiʻi Police Department for dissemination to the uniformed officers in the field. The masks can be used by the officers as regular cloth facial coverings or provide maximum protection with N95 inserts when necessary. Dr. Greco donated a sufficient number of masks to issue to each of the uniformed officers in the field throughout the island.
• Home Depot donated 183 respirators, gloves, and face shields
• Visitor Aloha Society of Hawaiʻi (VASH) donated 90 cloth masks

Others who generously donated cloth masks or PPE are 7-11 Hawaiʻi, Dr. Boyd and Ann Daikawa Castro of Hilo Vet Clinic, and Kristen Thario of Big Island Pulse.

Police Chief Paul Ferreira stated, “It is always heartwarming to know that our officers are appreciated by members of the community, and we are so ever grateful for the outpouring of support during this difficult time.”