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Introduction

The Kauai Police Department is charged with the enforcement of all federal, state, and local laws on the island.

Department Headquarters

The Kauai Police Department is headquartered out of the public safety building at 3990 Kaana Street in Lihue, Kauai.

Police Stations

Substations are co-located next to Fire Station 1 in Hanalei, and Fire Station 7 in Waimea.

Patrol Division Structure

For the purpose of police operations, the island of Kauai is subdivided into 10 patrol beats, called sectors.  These 'sectors' are drawn out from a central part of the island and stretch clockwise from Haena in the north to Mana in the west.  Approximate beat boundaries are based on radio call signs that I monitored during a recent visit in 2005.

Beat Maps

No beat maps are available at this time.

Radio Communications

All emergency services used VHF radio frequencies before switching over to the county 800 MHz Motorola SmartNet trunked radio system.

Information on the VHF system is not available at the moment.

Information on the countywide 800 MHz trunked radio system can be found here.

Radio Call Signs

The following patrol areas are approximations based on a review of Police CAD dispatch logs.

CALL SIGN	PATROL AREA
Sector 1	Haena-Hanalei
Sector 2	Hanalei
Sector 3	Anahola-Kapaa
Sector 4	Anahola-Kapaa
Sector 5	Lihue-Puhi-Hanamaulu
Sector 6	Lihue-Puhi-Hanamaulu
Sector 7	Koloa-Poipu
Sector 8	Koloa-Poipu-Eleele-Kalaheo
Sector 9	Eleele-Kalaheo-Kaumakani-Hanapepe
Sector 10	Kekaha-Waimea-Mana

Supervisor call signs use Alpha, Bravo, and Charlie designators.

Work Schedules

The Kauai Police Department patrol division is divided into three shifts, each lasting 8 hours.

WATCH		START	END
1st (Midnight)	2200	0645
2nd (Day)	0600	1445
3rd (Evening)	1400	2245

Units test out with their sector number, car number, officer last name, and portable number.

For More Information

Official Kauai Police website: http://www.kauai.gov/Default.aspx?tabid=71
Kauai Police Dispatch CAD Logs: http://www.kauai.gov/Default.aspx?tabid=313

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