Any officer or employee of the department of law enforcement designated by the director of law enforcement may:

(1) Carry firearms in the performance of the officer’s or employee’s official duties;
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-51

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Department: means the department of law enforcement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-1
  • Person: means individual, corporation, government, or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-1
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes any state, district, commonwealth, territory, insular possession thereof, and any area subject to the legal authority of the United States of America. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-1
(2) Execute and serve search warrants, arrest warrants, administrative inspection warrants, subpoenas, and summonses issued under the authority of this State;
(3) Make arrests without warrant for any offense under this chapter and under part IV of chapter 712 committed in the officer’s or employee’s presence, or if the officer or employee has probable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing a violation of this chapter or part IV of chapter 712 which may constitute a felony;
(4) Make seizures of property pursuant to this chapter; or
(5) Perform other law enforcement duties as the director of public safety designates.

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