NEW Kuleana Hotline Details

[Kapoho Joe]

12-11-15 Reminder: Police offer Kuleana Hotline to report warning signs of possible harm
Hawai#699;i Police Department
Criminal Intelligence Unit
Detective Tod Bello
Phone: 961-2248


Media Release

In light of recent tragedies on the mainland, Hawai#699;i Island police are reminding the public that individuals may call the “Kuleana Hotline” to report warning signs that could lead to possible harm against the community.

The Kuleana Hotline is not a substitute for 9-1-1 calls. In an emergency, always call 9-1-1.

The Kuleana Hotline is designed to prevent tragic events in public places, including schools, restaurants and other locations where members of our community gather.

Unlike Crime Stoppers, to which citizens may report information about a specific crime, the Kuleana Hotline is an avenue for reporting something that may not be criminal yet but has the potential to turn disastrous if not prevented.

Many tragedies committed by individuals or organized groups have been preceded by warning signs. We as a community are responsible for notifying the police if we see or hear anything that has the potential to turn into a malicious act.

For example:

If you read a post on a social networking site about a person interested in purchasing a firearm and the person signals intent to cause harm with that weapon, call the Kuleana Hotline.

If you witness suspicious activity around public buildings, utility companies or bridges, call the Kuleana Hotline.

If you see something or someone’s behavior that may seem innocuous but gives you a “funny feeling” in your stomach that something is “just not right,” call the Kuleana Hotline.

Your tip could help authorities intervene before those warning signs develop into a crime or tragedy.

The number for the Kuleana Hotline is 961-2219.

The Kuleana Hotline is not manned around the clock but it allows for callers to provide information by leaving voice mail messages. Callers who prefer not to leave callback information are asked to provide enough details to allow police to follow up on the lead. Calls are not recorded and the line has no caller ID.

“Kuleana” is the Hawaiian word for “responsibility.” The significance of the hotline’s name is that we are all neighbors living on this island together, and we are all responsible for preventing acts of terror or mass injury.

Together, we can work to protect our community from destructive acts.

Address/Location
Hawaii Police Department
349 Kapiolani St
Hilo, HI 96720

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 808-935-3311

https://local.nixle.com/alert/5546245/?sub_id=1501075

[Seeb]

Instead of ' see something-say something ' they use a name that most people don't know what it means and a number that's not easy to remember.

[TomK]

As for a "reminder", I had no idea such a thing existed here in the first place.

[shockwave rider]

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Originally posted by Seeb

Instead of ' see something-say something ' they use a name that most people don't know what it means and a number that's not easy to remember.

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Kuleana was one of the first 3 Hawaiian words I learned the first few weeks after moving here, the other 2 were mahalo and aloha.

In order to not learn that word while living here someone would have to be living in an almost entirely transplant bubble, without any meaningful interactions with the year round resident community of Hawaii. Kuleana is used in schools, workplaces, government, and by non governmental agencies all the time, if someone doesn't know the word kuleana they probably aren't integrated enough into their surrounding community to know if something is happening that should be reported in the first place.

[Seeb]

How far can you miss the point to make it about your more PC than everybody else.
If you are asking the public's help and it takes a paragraph to explain- they missed the point. As opposed to the original " See Something,Say Something, Call 1 888 NYC-SAFE"

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

if someone doesn't know the word kuleana

Kuleana has multiple meanings, and is used by different groups around the islands.
There is the music related Project Kuleana.
One of the the TV stations had a Kuleana segment for years to ask viewers to assist residents in need.

Someone who just arrived in the islands might assume a Kuleana Hotline was for emergency donations. As Seeb noted, it's meaning and purpose is not immediately obvious to everyone.

Not to mention, "hotline" and "voice mail" do not really indicate that it's a service for for the prevention of possible acts of violence and terrorism.

[shockwave rider]

My comment has nothing to do with PC, what planet are you living on? You said "most people don't know what it means" which for most people who live here and are integrated into the community enough to actually see something suspicious is just false.

My first day at work here I asked the person training me about something and they replied "I don't know, not my kuleana" you can bet I learned what the word meant in a hurry. I stand by the position that if someone has been here longer than 6 months and they still don't know that word, they are living in an all mainland transplant bubble, or are completely unobservant.

My point was your version of "most people" is not really "most people," it might be most people living in that all mainland transplant retiree bubble, but it is not most of the residents of Hawaii, anyone who grew up here, or has lived and worked here any length of time, knows exactly what kuleana means in this context. You just wanted to piss and moan about our ineffective government, which in many cases would be perfectly valid, but not this time.

[Kapoho Joe]

Kuleana took me almost 2 years to encounter and I was not living in a "transplant bubble". Not everyone is travelling at the speed of sound...

[Obie]

Definition: “nvt. Right, privilege, concern, responsibility, title , business, property, estate, portion, jurisdiction, authority, liability, interest, claim, ownership, tenure, affair, province, reason, cause, function, justification…”
Hawaiian Dictionary – M.K. Pukui & S.H. Elbert

[Seeb]

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Originally posted by shockwave rider

My comment has nothing to do with PC, what planet are you living on? You said "most people don't know what it means" which for most people who live here and are integrated into the community enough to actually see something suspicious is just false.

My first day at work here I asked the person training me about something and they replied "I don't know, not my kuleana" you can bet I learned what the word meant in a hurry. I stand by the position that if someone has been here longer than 6 months and they still don't know that word, they are living in an all mainland transplant bubble, or are completely unobservant.

My point was your version of "most people" is not really "most people," it might be most people living in that all mainland transplant retiree bubble, but it is not most of the residents of Hawaii, anyone who grew up here, or has lived and worked here any length of time, knows exactly what kuleana means in this context. You just wanted to piss and moan about our ineffective government, which in many cases would be perfectly valid, but not this time.

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Your still talking about YOU. Not the actual demographic of who may be standing in line at the airport or in a restaurant or conference center or at Iron Man