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🚨 MEDIA RELEASE – Big Island K9 Trina Locates Endangered Juvenile in Waikoloa 📍 Location: Hawaiʻi County 📅 Date: September 6, 2026 Hawai‘i Island police successfully located an endangered juvenile in Waikoloa on Friday, September 4, 2026, with the assistance of the department’s scent-discriminating canine, Trina. At approximately 9:30 a.m., South Kohala Patrol officers responded to a Waikoloa residence after receiving a report of a juvenile who had left the home at approximately 6:00 a.m. Based on information provided to responding officers, the juvenile was considered endangered, prompting a search of the surrounding area. K9 Trina, accompanied by her handler and assisting officers, responded to the area and joined in the search. At approximately 1:32 p.m., Trina led officers to a brush-covered area approximately 150 yards from the residence, where the juvenile was located. The juvenile was found in good health and was safely reunited with her family. Trina, a three-year-old Labrador Retriever from Sweden, is trained as a live-find human tracking canine. 📰 Full release: https://www.hawaiipolice.gov/k9-trina-locates-endangered-juvenile-in-waikoloa/ 📞 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/k9-trina-locates-endangered-juvenile-in-waikoloa/ 🔍 Search Reports: sshsearch.com 📧 Submit Reports: sshreport.com