City secures funds to extend HPD Chinatown Task Force

The city is investing nearly $650,000 in additional funding to extend the Honolulu Police Department’s Chinatown Task Force through the end of the year.


What You Need To Know

    • Formed in July 2021, the Chinatown Task Force has drawn personnel from HPD District 1 to supplement daily police activity in the Chinatown area, adding four or five patrol shifts each week
    • Between April 1, 2022, and Dec. 31, 2022, the task force made 1,330 outreach-based referrals, gave 7,631 warnings, issued 5,288 citations and made 73 arrests, according to HPD statistics
  • Extending the task force through the end of the year is part of the Blangiatrdi administration’s broader efforts to expand Chinatown’s security camera network
  • The administration is also hoping to increase funding to HPD for the hiring of additional police officers for areas including Chinatown

Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi made the announcement Wednesday at a press conference at Kekaulike Mall. Joining the Mayor were prosecutor Steve Alm, Honolulu City Council member Tyler Dos Santos-Tam, representatives from HPD and Chinatown business and community leaders.

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