Missing Woman Stumbles Disoriented Onto Kauai Beach
Kauai County officials said late on Thursday that a woman the Kauai Police Department was searching for has been found.
Tara Andrea Noel, 28, arrived on the Garden Isle on Sunday. She was dropped off at Hanalei Pier on that afternoon, police said.
Her belongings were found at Hanakapiai Beach on [...]

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Police Say Armed Kilauea Man Barricaded Himself In Police Car

VIDEO (KITV 4 News)
Kauai police officers use a Taser to restrain a 27-year-old Kilauea man who barricaded himself in a home for five hours on Monday morning.
It began at about 5:15 a.m. at a home at 4149 Kilauea Road when police received a call about a [...]

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Trespassing charges are dropped in the case that stemmed from a burial protest
Kauai police brought charges this week against a Kauai journalist for trespassing during a protest last month against construction of a house on a site containing Hawaiian burials.
But when Joan Conrow showed up at KPD headquarters to be arrested Wednesday night, Kauai Police [...]

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The Kaua‘i Police Department confirmed yesterday that three men present at an Aug. 7 protest of development on a Hawaiian burial ground were arrested last week on suspicion of second-degree trespassing, a petty misdemeanor.
Arrests had been delayed as police worked to identify those that had been on the Ha‘ena property. Kaua‘i Police Chief Darryl Perry [...]

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After four months of renovation, the 30-year-old Hanalei sub-station, home to the Kaua‘i Police Department’s North Shore station as well as the Hanalei fire station, reopened its doors Wednesday, according to county officials.
KPD Lt. Michael Contrades, Hanalei district commander, was pleased to be back at the newly refurbished facility.
“We are extremely grateful to everyone involved [...]

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The Kaua‘i County Council yesterday unanimously approved the release of more than $5 million in state funds to upgrade the county’s public safety systems for the next generation.
The decision will allow the county to go forward with a six-year public safety IT strategic plan that will implement improved technologies to boost the efficiency and effectiveness [...]

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