Hawaii Prosecuting Attorney Office, Criminal Investigations Unit

Hawai'i Prosecuting Attorney Office, Criminal Investigations Unit
Agency overview
Legal personality Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction* State /County of Hawaii, United States
Size 5,000 sq.mi.
Population 225,000
Legal jurisdiction State of Hawaii
Governing body Hawaii Legislature
General nature
Specialist jurisdictions
Operational structure
Agency executive Mitch Roth
Parent agency Hawaii Attorney General’s Office
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

Hawaii Prosecuting Attorney Office, Criminal Investigations Unit is the law enforcement agency for the Hawaii Prosecuting Attorney Office. It is tasked with full state police powers to enforces all State laws and Department rules, conducts investigations of the most complex, confidential, and diverse civil/criminal cases being considered and/or readied for court action and prosecution; obtains additional information, evidence, and facts to clarify or substantiate findings of law enforcement agencies; secures, interviews, and interrogates witnesses complainants, and suspects; conducts highly confidential investigations for the Attorney General's Office; special career criminal suppression investigations; arrest subjects, processes and serves legal papers; conduct warrant investigations and extraditions; coordinates investigations and works closely with the Hawai‘i Police Department, military, and federal law enforcement agencies, and all levels of the court system. [1]

Investigators

Have the powers and privileges of police officers with state wide jurisdiction to effect arrest and conduct investigations. Most Investigators are experienced law enforcement officer with other state or local police agencies prior to being employed with the Office. [2]

Investigators conduct investigations of the most complex, confidential, and diverse criminal cases being considered and/or readied for court action and prosecution; obtains additional information, evidence, and facts to clarify or substantiate findings of law enforcement agencies; secures, interviews, and interrogates witnesses complainants, and suspects; conducts highly confidential investigations for the Attorney General's Office; special career criminal suppression investigations; arrest subjects, processes and serves legal papers; conduct warrant investigations and extraditions; coordinates investigations and works closely with the Hawai‘i Police Department, military, and federal law enforcement agencies, and all levels of the court system.

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Agency description

Under authority of the Attorney General; the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney is the legal agency responsible for prosecuting all violations of State and County laws, ordinances, rules, and/or regulations on behalf of the Big Island community as provided by Hawai‘i County Charter Article IX: Chapter 28; H.R.S. 28-1. [4]

Criminal Investigations Unit, ranks structure

Criminal Investigations Unit uses the Hawaii State Law Enforcement Rank Structure;

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Victim services

Investigator's work with the Victim Service Unit in helping crime victims through the difficult process.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "County of Hawaii - Prosecuting Attorney". hawaiicounty.gov. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Haw. Rev. Stat. § 28-11  : Hawaii Statutes - Section 28-11: Investigators; appointment and powers.". Findlaw. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "County of Hawaii - Prosecuting Attorney - Investigation Unit". hawaiicounty.gov. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  4. ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20120315200328/http://hawaii.gov/lrb/gd/gdgovhi.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 15, 2012. Retrieved July 16, 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ "Investigator Series" (PDF). Files.hawaii.gov. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
  6. ↑ "Prosecutor's Office expanding victim services". Hawaii Tribune-Herald. Retrieved 28 August 2015.

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