Juvenile Probation and Parole

Juvenile probation supervision services are under the jurisdiction of the Juvenile Client Services Branch of the respective Family Courts, under the judicial branch of state government. Juvenile aftercare in Hawaii is under the Office of Youth Services, executive branch of state government.

Juvenile probation and aftercare officers do not carry a firearm. Neither not classified as peace officers and do not have the power to arrest.

There is no policy that prohibits officers from carrying a firearm. 

At the time of the survey, it was not under consideration for officers to carry a firearm.

There are no private companies providing juvenile supervision services.

Adult Probation

The State Judiciary Department, Adult Client Services Branch delivers adult felony and misdemeanor probation services in Hawaii.

Adult probation officers do not carry a firearm. They are not classified as peace officers; they are under the social work category. They have the power to arrest, but do not exercise this authority. They have the same powers as a police officer, but administrative policy is for them not to be armed.

There is a policy that prohibits them from carrying a firearm.

At the time of the survey, it was not under consideration to allow adult probation officers to carry a firearm.

There are no private companies providing adult probation supervision.

Adult Parole

Adult parole supervision is provided by the Field Parole Branch of the Hawaii Paroling Authority (HPA). The HPA is a separate agency and is not part of the Dept. of Public Safety and the decisions rendered by the HPA are not subject to review and/or approval of the Director of the Dept.

Adult parole officers do not carry a firearm. They are not classified as peace officers and they do not have the power to arrest.

There is no policy that prohibits them from carrying a firearm.

From time to time the issue of arming is brought up, but the bulk of the officers do not want to be armed.

There are no private companies providing adult parole supervision.

For updates or corrections to the information on this page, please contact: Diane Kincaid