Hello.

I was wondering why the Hawaii Department of Transportation has no Highway Patrol division.

Instead the 4 counties of Hawaii are responsible for enforcing the law on state owned highways, expressways and roads.

Honolulu PD for example is responsible for the whole Honolulu island because the city and county of Honolulu is under a single government.

But the interstate are state owned roads.

Some people told me Hawaii doesn't have a highway patrol because the different islands (counties) aren't connected.

But that's not the point.

It's state owned.

So imo the state is responsible for enforcing the law on state roads.

I don't talk about a state police.

They don't need one.

But a specific division for the highways.

How does it work?

Why is a county responsible for state owned property?

Does anyone have an explanation?

All states have a state-wide law enforcement agency, just with different names. For instance, Alaska has 'Alaska State Troopers' and California has the 'California Highway Patrol.'

 

In Hawaii's case, it is the 'Hawaii Department of Public Safety' that is in charge of enforcing laws on state property.

7 hours ago, BlankPagesHD said:

All states have a state-wide law enforcement agency, just with different names. For instance, Alaska has 'Alaska State Troopers' and California has the 'California Highway Patrol.'

 

In Hawaii's case, it is the 'Hawaii Department of Public Safety' that is in charge of enforcing laws on state property.

 

Texas also has DPS.

 

Just to expand on what Blank said

 

As their name implies the State Highway Patrol does a lot of patrolling on the state highways. In some states, they are limited to statewide traffic services. They keep the roadways safe by enforcing the motor vehicle laws. They are considered peace officers and usually have statewide jurisdiction to enforce state law. They do conduct investigations but are sometimes limited to criminal activity on state-owned property.

 

Taken from - http://www.policejobsinfo.com/career-descriptions/state-police-jobs/

On 8/17/2019 at 11:39 AM, Schecter004 said:

Hello.

I was wondering why the Hawaii Department of Transportation has no Highway Patrol division.

Instead the 4 counties of Hawaii are responsible for enforcing the law on state owned highways, expressways and roads.

Honolulu PD for example is responsible for the whole Honolulu island because the city and county of Honolulu is under a single government.

But the interstate are state owned roads.

Some people told me Hawaii doesn't have a highway patrol because the different islands (counties) aren't connected.

But that's not the point.

It's state owned.

So imo the state is responsible for enforcing the law on state roads.

I don't talk about a state police.

They don't need one.

But a specific division for the highways.

How does it work?

Why is a county responsible for state owned property?

Does anyone have an explanation?

Our freeways are so small that there is no point in having a highway patrol. Now we have state areas like the airport, state office buildings, and others that are patrolled by not only HPD, but sheriff. Sheriff has jurisdiction for state property. Now we have harbor police which of course is harbors and ports. We also have US customs and border protection which does enforce reports of cruise ships and or planes with illegal activity. But everything else, KPD, HPD, MPD and Hawaii police department has jurisdiction over. Hopefully that answers your question 

On 8/17/2019 at 11:39 AM, Schecter004 said:

Hello.

I was wondering why the Hawaii Department of Transportation has no Highway Patrol division.

Instead the 4 counties of Hawaii are responsible for enforcing the law on state owned highways, expressways and roads.

Honolulu PD for example is responsible for the whole Honolulu island because the city and county of Honolulu is under a single government.

But the interstate are state owned roads.

Some people told me Hawaii doesn't have a highway patrol because the different islands (counties) aren't connected.

But that's not the point.

It's state owned.

So imo the state is responsible for enforcing the law on state roads.

I don't talk about a state police.

They don't need one.

But a specific division for the highways.

How does it work?

Why is a county responsible for state owned property?

Does anyone have an explanation?

But on another note, our state is not big enough to have a state police. The closest thing we have is the department of public safety, sheriff, which is kinda considered our state police