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Kailua-Kona Busted Mugshots

The Kailua census place held about 19,713 people in 2020. It is not incorporated. There is no city police force, no jail, and no photo database. HPD's Kona District patrols the town from the Kona Station at 74-611 Hale Mākaʻi Place. The station's listed number is (808) 326-4646. Countywide non-emergency calls go to (808) 935-3311.

After a Kona arrest, a person may sit in the HPD cellblock first. A transfer to the Hawaiʻi Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, or DCR, can follow. For the cellblock and West Hawaiʻi arrested-adult line, call (808) 326-4646 ext. 293. West Hawaiʻi records sit at ext. 286. HCCC in Hilo is the DCR facility named for the Big Island. An HPD report won't confirm where someone is right now, though it might show a release date.

Where Kailua-Kona Busted Mugshots Appear

Kona has no arrest log, daily blotter, or public photo roster of its own. What exists is countywide. Kailua-Kona bookings show up in HPD's dated 48-hour PDF files. Each row can list arrest time, release time, charge, bail, and court fields. No photos appear there, and the sheet does not prove anyone is still in custody.

Busted in Kailua-Kona: Find a Booking

Know what you're actually asking before you search. Want a recent arrest with its charge? Read the countywide PDF. Wondering whether someone is in police custody right now? Call the Kona cellblock. State custody or supervision runs through DCR SAVIN. HPD Records handles formal reports and photo requests. The case outcome lives with the court.

1. Open the Hawaiʻi County booking path and choose the HPD PDF whose printed window covers the likely Kona arrest.
2. Read the arrest and release columns, report number, OTN, charge, bail, court code, and date. Compare rows because HPD permits duplicate appearances within a 48-hour period.
3. Call the Kona cellblock at (808) 326-4646 ext. 293 for a current police-stage question. The West Hawaiʻi arrested-adult contact uses that extension too.
4. Search DCR SAVIN/VINELink if the person may have transferred to state custody. It is a notification and status route, not a booking-photo service.
5. Check Third Circuit eCourt Kōkua for the case, then request the underlying image or report from HPD if needed.

A release from Kona police custody answers only one question. The booking event still stands. Court status and DCR status each need a separate check.

HPD Kona Records Request

For a Kona report or a narrow booking-photo request, HPD's police-report request page is the official route. Include the person's name, the Kona location or district, a rough arrest date and time, a report number or OTN if you have one, and the exact item you want. You can file at a district station or mail it to Records and Identification in Hilo. HPD says it phones you when a record is ready.

Fees run $1 for the first page and a dime for each extra page, cash only, with a ten-business-day response target. No separate Kona photo fee has been posted, so ask whether a booking image can be released and what it costs. UIPA review may redact juvenile details, protected personal information, active investigative material, sealed records, or other exempt items.

A records request only reaches records that already exist. It can't force HPD to build a searchable roster, and it can't promise a booking photo was ever taken or can still be released.

Kailua-Kona Busted Booking Window

HPD's report lists people arrested and charged within a 48-hour window. That window isn't a live feed or a current-custody roster. The newest file often spans part of yesterday and part of this morning, so read the printed time range rather than trusting the filename.

Think of the PDF list as a rolling multi-day view, not a promised archive. Gaps showed up on August 18, 2026, and HPD posts no retention rule for the online files. Anything older than what's visible should go through Records and Identification. A stale search result or third-party page won't fill the hole.

The release fields matter too. A Kona row may describe someone already out of police custody. If the release field is blank, confirm status by phone or through DCR.

One Kailua arrest story, told on its own, shows how a police-photo report differs from the county booking feed.

Kona DUI Counts Need Context

HPD's 2024 annual DUI report counted 347 DUI arrests in Kona, the highest district total in the report. That figure covers one offense type at the district level. It is not a total arrest count for the town and not a live booking number.

For one specific Kona event, pull the arrest time, report number, OTN, charge, and court fields from the HPD report. Then track the case in Third Circuit records.

Kailua-Kona News and Photos

West Hawaiʻi Today's Hawaiʻi News section leads for Kona coverage. Big Island Now's Kona crime tag tracks incidents too. Big Island Video News does the same. A story may run an HPD-supplied image, a scene photo, or nothing at all.

The county's crime-news treatment maps the wider media landscape. Call a media photo a police photo only if the source says so. It may differ from what HPD holds. Check the article date, the caption, and any later update. Then verify through the official booking and court paths.

Kona Court and DCR Custody

Keahuolū Courthouse sits at 74-5451 Kamakaʻeha Avenue in Kailua-Kona. That is the Kona court route. Need paperwork by phone? The legal-document line is (808) 322-8750. General district information runs through (808) 322-8700. A booking entry only tells you an arrest happened, so the docket is where amended charges, dismissals, pleas, deferred acceptance, and sentencing actually appear.

DCR SAVIN/VINELink covers anyone held in state custody or under supervision. The Hawaiʻi Community Correctional Center sits at 60 Punahele Street in Hilo. Its number is (808) 933-0431. Not every Kona arrestee lands there, and a custody result rarely includes a photo. Federal and immigration holds go through separate systems: the BOP, ICE, or the USMS District of Hawaiʻi.

Kailua-Kona Record Boundaries

Hawaiʻi County police records come with limits. HPD can redact files covering juveniles, personal identifiers, or an open investigation, and Family Court or sealed cases fall outside a normal adult search. A news story may name an adult arrested in Kona while shielding a minor's identity, and cached reposts of removed material should never be stitched back together.

Wrong information in a report? Take it up with HPD or the publisher directly. Some nonconviction records qualify for expungement under HRS § 831-3.2. Just remember that a court order, an agency correction, a publisher's update, and a search-engine refresh are four different steps.

Kailua-Kona Busted Alerts and Apps

There is no public HPD app with a Kona booking-photo roster. HPD's Wellness App serves department staff and their families. State custody questions run through DCR SAVIN/VINELink instead. For notices, the HPD alerts page documents the July 15, 2025 switch from Nixle to Hawaiʻi Civil Defense Everbridge. Everbridge sends public-safety alerts, not a running feed of Kona arrests.

The CityProtect crime map adds a different layer. You can filter incidents by type and timeframe. It won't show booking photos or confirm that any incident led to an arrest. Treat it as context. Then circle back to the HPD PDF, the Kona cellblock, DCR status, or the court file for answers.

Kailua-Kona Busted Record Corrections

Hawaiʻi's UIPA, backed by OIP Opinion 94-12, gives a requester grounds to ask for a county booking record or photo. The agency still weighs any current exemptions. Keep the report number, date, OTN, and court disposition close at hand. Route correction questions to HPD Records and Identification rather than chasing a search result on your own.

Fees and timelines matter here. HCJDC's expungement FAQ lists a $35 first application fee and a $50 fee later. Processing can stretch to 120 days. HRS § 831-3.2 counts qualifying photographic cards within its arrest-record definition, and the State Archives schedule system can point you toward an older custodian of Kona materials.

One caution. A court order changes a record's legal standing, but private copies and cached results can linger. Hold onto the order. Ask the publisher to refresh its page. Then pursue an outdated-content process with the search engine if the old source still surfaces. None of that touches Kona custody or a fresh HPD booking.