HRS §571-71

Police chiefs may create a juvenile crime prevention bureau

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This section allows a police chief to set up a special unit within the police department focused on preventing juvenile crime. The unit must be run according to the rules that follow in the law.

The statute, as written — Juvenile crime prevention bureau; establishment of

A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.

Any chief of police may establish as a subdivision of the police department under the chief's jurisdiction a juvenile crime prevention bureau, to be maintained and conducted as hereinafter provided.

Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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