During these challenging times, the Honolulu Police Department is still processing applications for critical positions such as Police Recruits and Dispatchers. All uniformed emergency response personnel in the State of Hawaii generally follow this practice and does not carry on from one agency to the next. It was furnished with a fleet of new As of 2015, the Honolulu Police Department has been transitioning to the Ford Taurus Police Interceptor as the Ford Crown Victoria is no longer in production. She was unsure of the woman's condition.Both slain officers had worked directly with Chief Ballard over the years, she said through tears.Enriquez and Kalama were assigned to District 6 Waikiki with the Honolulu Police Department, Ballard told reporters. They are identified as follows: "They were like my kids they were with me for five years," she said. Three people, including the suspect, remain unaccounted for in the fire.The chaotic crime scene drew the response of local police and fire as well as multiple other agencies, including the FBI and ATF.Now the Honolulu Police Department and the community are mourning their slain officers and searching for the remains of the suspect.A woman called 911 Sunday morning around 9 a.m. HST and "said she needed help," according to Honolulu Police Chief Susan Ballard.When officer Tiffany Enriquez arrived at the address in a Waikiki neighborhood, a woman who had been stabbed in the leg had already been found by another officer.Police responded to a call for help in Waikiki Sunday.Enriquez and two other officers walked down the driveway of the home where the stabbing took place. The Department webpage lists all of them on a "Roll of Honor".The standard issue firearm for Honolulu Police officers is the The Honolulu Police Department has been the backdrop of several famous works of fiction, in literature, television and in motion pictures. Officers are paid full-time city employees while attending the academy, however, the academy is not a live-in facility so officers will need to coordinate housing prior to first day of employment. They responded to a call for help, and paid the ultimate price. David Ige confirmed, after they reportedly responded to an assault call at a Honolulu home.
Since 1941, the police department has maintained a police reserve program.As of January 2020, 49 Honolulu Police Department officers have been killed in the line of duty. "You know everyday, everyday men and women in blue get up and put on their uniforms and go to work," Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell said. To the first responders still at the scene working to protect others from harm, thank you and be safe.
My heart is with the Enriquez & Kalama families, and their fellow officers, in the wake of this tragic shooting. As they walked, the suspect -- identified by police as Jerry Hanel -- began shooting at them, Ballard said during a Sunday night press conference.Enriquez, a 7-year veteran officer with the department was killed in the shooting, according to Ballard.Ballard said that after Enriquez was shot, more officers began to show up at the home.Hanel allegedly opened fire on the second group of officers to arrive, striking Kaulike Kalama, a 9-year veteran with the force, Ballard said.As more officers rushed to the house, "thick black smoke" started to pour out of the home, Ballard said.Firefighters arrived on the scene as flames engulfed the house and licked at other homes, butBallard explained that it sounded as though ammunition"If they had gotten hit by one of those stray rounds, I wouldn't have been able to sleep at night," Ballard said.Seven homes were destroyed in the blaze and several other homes sustained fire and smoke damage, according to Honolulu Fire Chief Manuel Neves.Neves said at the press conference that he wasn't sure how many people had been displaced in the fire.Even though authorities opened a shelter to house the displaced residents, none of them needed aid and said they could stay with family and friends, Neves said.As of Sunday night, the fire had been completely extinguished.