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🚨 MURDER – Big Island Public Invited to Attend Police Week Festivities 📍 Location: Hawaiʻi County 📅 Date: May 5, 2026 Hawai‘i Island residents and visitors are invited to attend 2026 Police Week festivities, including station tours, during the national observance next week. Police Week is a nationally recognized week of activities in support of police work and in recognition of officers who have died or been disabled in the line of duty. In 1962, President John F. Kennedy proclaimed every May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week it falls in as National Police Week. In Hawaiʻi County, Police Week activities will take place from Monday, May 11, through Friday, May 15, 2026. The public is invited to attend formal Police Week ceremonies on Monday, May 11, at 10:00 a.m., at the Hilo police station and Friday, May 15, at 11:00 a.m. at the West Hawaii Civic Center. Both ceremonies include pre-ceremony entertainment and a tribute to Hawaiʻi County officers who gave their lives in the line of duty. Police will pay tribute to: Captain T.N. Simeona, who was killed in the line of duty in 1890. Officer Michol Octobre, who was killed in the line of duty in 1916. 📰 Full release: https://www.hawaiipolice.gov/public-invited-to-attend-police-week-festivities-2/ 📞 Have info? Crime Stoppers: (808) 961-8300 🚔 HCPD Non-Emergency: (808) 935-3311 🆘 Emergency: 911 ℹ️ Source: Hawaiʻi Police Department press release https://www.hawaiipolice.gov/public-invited-to-attend-police-week-festivities-2/ 🔍 Search Reports: searchssh.com 📧 Submit Tips: reportssh.com