Hawai‘i Island residents and visitors are invited to attend Police Week festivities scheduled to take place from Monday, May 15, through Friday, May 19.
 
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. 
 
The public is invited to attend formal ceremonies at the Hilo police station on Monday, May 15, at 10:00 a.m. and at the Kona police station on Tuesday, May 17, at 10:00 a.m.  Both ceremonies will include pre-ceremony entertainment and a tribute to Hawaiʻi County officers who gave their lives in the line of duty.

During the Hilo ceremony, a new name will be unveiled on the Memorial Wall as the department recently learned that Police Captain T. N. Simeona was murdered in a shootout with a suspect in North Kohala on September 25, 1890. 
 
Also During Police Week, members of the public are encouraged to attend station tours at the Hilo and Kona Police stations on Friday, May 19, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Please call Sergeant Amy Omaya at (808) 961-2264 to schedule an appointment.