Urban Honolulu Booking Releases
Urban Honolulu booking releases cover every adult arrest inside the urban core of Oahu. The Honolulu Police Department posts a daily arrest log that lists each booking from the past 14 days. You can read the log online or at Alapai headquarters. This page shows how to find Urban Honolulu booking releases, how to check a case at the First Circuit Court, and how to track custody at the Oahu Community Correctional Center. You will also see where to pull a full police report, where to request a criminal history, and which offices to call for older records tied to Urban Honolulu arrests.
Urban Honolulu Overview
Urban Honolulu Booking Releases Records
The Honolulu Police Department is the main source of Urban Honolulu booking releases. HPD runs the city's largest station at Alapai. That station holds the central arrest file for the island. The main office sits at 801 South Beretania Street, Honolulu, HI 96813. Dial (808) 529-3111 for the main line. Call (808) 723-3258 for the Records and Identification Division. The office is open Monday through Friday from 7:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. It closes on state holidays.
The HPD home page links to arrest logs, report requests, policy pages, and district contacts for Urban Honolulu. See honolulupd.org for the full service menu tied to Urban Honolulu booking releases.
The page lists the eight patrol districts and the records unit. Urban Honolulu arrests route through Alapai. The Records Division then holds the paper file.
Urban Honolulu sits in the heart of HPD's coverage area. Officers from several districts answer calls here. Downtown, Chinatown, Kakaako, Ala Moana, Waikiki, and Makiki all fall inside the urban core. The Chinatown Substation runs at (808) 723-3311. The Waikiki Substation runs at (808) 723-3345. Each substation takes walk-ins for local questions. Full records flow to Alapai.
The Records and Identification Division holds the arrest file, the warrant file, and fingerprint cards. It does not give out court papers, medical forms, or criminal abstracts. For an abstract you need the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center under HRS 846-2.5. For court papers you go to the First Circuit Court clerk. The Records Division does release redacted arrest logs and redacted police reports after a case closes.
Daily Urban Honolulu Booking Releases
HPD posts the adult arrest log every six hours. The file is a PDF. It is the main free source for Urban Honolulu booking releases. Each row shows the name, age, race, sex, date, time, place, offense, and release note. The log does not show mug shots. Juvenile arrests stay out of the public log under HRS 571.
The HPD arrest logs page below is where Urban Honolulu files go live each day. Visit honolulupd.org/information/arrest-logs and tap today's date to open the PDF.
HPD keeps 14 days of logs online. After that the file drops. You can walk up to the Central Receiving Division at Alapai and read the paper log any hour of the day.
Older Urban Honolulu booking releases need a written request. You mail or email the request to the Records Division. List the date or the report number. HPD cannot take the request by phone. Public access to arrest logs draws on Office of Information Practices letter 91-4 from March 25, 1991, and on the Hawaii Uniform Information Practices Act at HRS 92F. The agency has 10 business days to reply to a written request.
Note: HPD does not run a name search across old arrest logs. You must give a date or a report number in your written request for the record to come back.
Urban Honolulu Booking Releases Reports
A booking release is the first public trace of an arrest. The full police report has more detail. HPD releases a report only after the case is closed. Redactions cover home addresses, social security numbers, dates of birth, and phone numbers. Juvenile info stays out in full.
The HPD police reports page below lays out the request steps and the fee schedule. See honolulupd.org/police-reports for the email and mail addresses tied to Urban Honolulu reports.
Copy fees run 50 cents for the first page and 25 cents for each page after. A verification letter is $1.00 for the first page and 25 cents after. Color copies run 65 cents per page. HPD takes cash, a check, or a cashier's check made to the City and County of Honolulu. No credit or debit cards.
Body-worn camera video requests follow the same rules. You list the report number or the date, time, and place of the incident. You also show a color copy of a government-issued ID. A next-of-kin request needs a birth or death record to prove the tie. Turn-around time runs from two weeks up to a month. The clerk will call when your file is ready. You pick it up in person or ask for mail delivery.
Urban Honolulu Booking Releases Custody
The Oahu Community Correctional Center is the main jail for Urban Honolulu booking releases. OCCC sits at 2199 Kamehameha Highway, Honolulu, HI 96819. The main line is (808) 832-1777. The visitation hotline is (808) 832-1633. OCCC holds pre-trial detainees and some short-term sentenced inmates. Long sentences move to Halawa Correctional Facility. Women may move to the Women's Community Correctional Center in Kailua. Federal cases sit at the Federal Detention Center on Dillingham.
Custody status on any state inmate is free to look up in the Hawaii SAVIN system at vinelink.vineapps.com. You can also sign up for a free alert when the status changes. The SAVIN help line is (808) 587-2550. SAVIN does not cover federal inmates or juveniles. The Hawaii Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation page at dcr.hawaii.gov lists facility contacts and visit rules.
First Circuit Court Case Lookup
Every Urban Honolulu booking release that moves to a charge ends up at the First Circuit Court. Ka'ahumanu Hale holds Circuit Court at 777 Punchbowl Street, Honolulu. The main line is (808) 539-4300. District Court sits at Kauikeaouli Hale, 1111 Alakea Street, Honolulu. Family Court works out of the Ronald T. Y. Moon Judiciary Complex in Kapolei.
You can check a case online at eCourt Kokua. See courts.state.hi.us for the free case lookup. Basic case info is free. A plain copy runs $3 for the first 30 pages. A certified copy is $5. The state judiciary home page at courts.state.hi.us links each circuit and the forms page.
Public access terminals at each Oahu courthouse also let you search case info for free. Staff at the Legal Documents Branch can pull a paper file for you. Bring a photo ID and the case number or the party name. The First Circuit handles felony cases. The District Court handles misdemeanors, traffic, and small claims. Family Court covers juvenile cases and divorce filings.
Urban Honolulu Criminal History Records
The Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center runs a Public Access Site at 465 S. King Street, Room 102, Honolulu. Phone (808) 587-3279. Hours run 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. with a noon to 1:00 p.m. lunch break. The site sits inside a short walk of the Alapai HPD station and Ka'ahumanu Hale. You can walk in and pull a criminal history printout for $25 per person. The printout shows adult conviction info only.
HPD Alapai also runs as a Public Access Site for Urban Honolulu. Dial (808) 529-3191. Same $25 fee. Same conviction-only data. The full list of Oahu Public Access Sites sits at ag.hawaii.gov/hcjdc/public-access-sites. Non-conviction data is closed by law. Only a criminal justice agency can pull it.
Online searches run through eCrim. Go to ecrim.ehawaii.gov for a name-based check. Each unique search is $5. A certified report is $12. The HCJDC home page at ag.hawaii.gov/hcjdc lists forms and rules. The name-based check draws its data under HRS 846.
Urban Honolulu Booking Releases Access
Urban Honolulu booking releases fall under the Hawaii Uniform Information Practices Act at HRS 92F. Any person can ask for a record. You put the request in writing. You give a clear description of the record and your contact info. HPD has 10 business days to reply. See oip.hawaii.gov for the full rules.
If HPD denies your request, the letter must cite the section of law that closes the record. You can appeal to the Office of Information Practices or sue in state circuit court. The OIP Attorney of the Day line at (808) 586-1400 gives free guidance. For records held by the Sheriff Division under the Department of Law Enforcement, send the request to law.hawaii.gov/resources/uipa-request.
HPD will redact dates of birth, home addresses, social security numbers, and juvenile info before release. A criminal history check under HRS 846-2.5 runs through HCJDC, not through HPD. Data shared on this site is public info. Do not use booking releases for credit, insurance, or support eligibility. That use is closed by the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Privacy: HPD redacts dates of birth, home addresses, social security numbers, and all juvenile info from Urban Honolulu booking releases before release.
Nearby Oahu Cities
Urban Honolulu sits in Honolulu County on the island of Oahu. Nearby cities share HPD coverage and route their arrests through Alapai. Pick a city below to see the local district station, jail, and court.