Hawaii Revised Statutes 135-2 – Authority of chief of police and their authorized representatives
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 135-2
- Chief of police: means the chief of police of the respective counties and their authorized representatives. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 135-1
- Emergency: means the imminent or actual occurrence of an event, which has the likelihood of causing extensive injury, death, property damage, or impedes the safe and necessary movement of persons or vehicles over public highways, including but not limited to the spillage of hazardous material on a public highway or public place. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 135-1
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- Traffic accident: means an accident involving motorists, pedestrians, or bicyclists, or a combination, on [a] public highway which impedes the safe and necessary movement of persons or vehicles. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 135-1
In times of an emergency or traffic accident, the chief of police may divert vehicles, pedestrians, bicyclists, or a combination thereof, onto existing private roads or pathways on private real property for the purpose of accommodating the movement of people and vehicles away from an emergency or traffic accident area.