Tate Douglas Kahakai

Honolulu Police Department — Honolulu, HI

Accident

End of Watch July 22, 1995

Age 34

Tour of Duty 6 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 50

Incident

Officer Tate Kahakai and Officer Bryant Brennon Bayne were killed when their helicopter crashed during a search and rescue mission of a lost hiker on Koolauloa Mountain. Both officers had been picked up by the Honolulu Fire Department helicopter at Hauula Elementry School. They were being flown in a mesh basket to an area above Sacred Falls when the helicopter crashed. Officer Kahakai, Officer Bayne, and the pilot were all killed. Officer Kahakai had served with the Honolulu Police Department for six years and was assigned to the Specialized Services Division.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and two daughters.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Officer Kahakai gave the Honolulu Police Department 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the Honolulu community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Officer Kahakai.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Honolulu Police Department

Location Honolulu, HI

Platform Identity hpd.honolulu.hi.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 22, 1995

Tour of Duty 6 yrs

Age 34

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Officer Tate Douglas Kahakai is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In HI, 28 of 64 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 43.8% of this state's fallen. That is 12.8 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.

At Honolulu Police Department, 28 of 51 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 54.9% of this agency's fallen.

Honolulu Police Department

of 51 officers

54.9% Accident

HI — Statewide

of 64 officers

43.8% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident