HRS §711-1102
When police can order a crowd to break up
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗If six or more people are acting disorderly and could cause serious harm or trouble, a police officer can order them and nearby people to leave. If someone knows about the order and refuses to leave, they commit a crime. This crime is a misdemeanor.
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The statute, as written — Failure to disperse
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.
(1) When six or more persons are participating in a course of disorderly conduct likely to cause substantial harm or serious inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm, a law enforcement officer may order the participants and others in the immediate vicinity to disperse. (2) A person commits the offense of failure to disperse if the person knowingly fails to comply with an order made pursuant to subsection (1). (3) Failure to disperse is a misdemeanor.
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