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February 8, 2021 at 6:34 am
Police Chief Paul Ferreira has announced two promotions to the rank of Assistant Chief.
According to a press release from The Hawaiiʻi Police Department, effective February 1, 2021, Chad Basque, a 30-year veteran of the department, now commands the Area II Field Operations Bureau, encompassing the department’s west Hawai‘i districts. Basque’s former assignments were as a patrol officer in the North Kohala and Kona districts, Kona Community Policing Officer, Patrol Sergeant and Community Policing Sergeant in Kona, Kona Patrol Lieutenant, Ka‘u and Kona Districts Patrol Captain, the Area II Criminal Investigation Division Captain, previously holding the Area II Field Operations Bureau Major and subsequent Acting Assistant Chief positions.