Officer Jenna Kosinski-Santos was recently named the 2025 Kaʻū District Officer of the Year and Top Enforcer.

A seven-year veteran of the department and a Kaʻū resident, Officer Kosinski-Santos has served the Kaʻū community as a police officer since 2021.

This is the third straight year Officer Kosinski-Santos was recognized as the district’s top enforcer. She was also named the district’s Officer of the Third Quarter 2025. In May 2022 she received the Hawaiʻi County Council Haweo award for rescuing an elderly man trapped in a vehicle. The Kona Crime Prevention Committee named her Officer of the Month in December 2020 for responding to a fatal traffic collision while off duty.

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