HCC §2-52

Reporting injuries and investigating what happened

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This section says that any injury to a junior police officer must be reported to the police department right away or as soon as possible. The police department must investigate and send a report to the mayor. If a county doctor is available, that doctor must be used.

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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Reporting of injury; investigation

A copy, taken August 21, 2026. The version published by Hawaiʻi County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.

Every injury shall be reported immediately or as soon thereafter as practicable by the injured junior police officer (hereinafter JPO) or the JPO in charge or the parents or guardian of the injured JPO or the school authorities in charge of the JPO and to the police department. The police department shall conduct an investigation and submit a report of the circumstances surrounding the injury or death and the resulting claims to the mayor. Where the services of a County physician are available, the County physician’s services shall be utilized. Article 11. Department of Parks and Recreation.

Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗as published Jul 16, 2026our copy taken Aug 21, 2026

Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.

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