Randal N. Young

Honolulu Police Department — Honolulu, HI

Felonious Veteran →

End of Watch August 28, 1991

Age 45

The Vigil Panel 137 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 50

Incident

Officer Randal Young was killed when he was struck by a car that fled the scene. He had stopped a van for a traffic violation on Pali Highway, near upper Nuuana Pali Drive, when he was hit by a car which fled the scene. The 45-year-old driver was found the next morning asleep in his car in Waikiki, still in an intoxicated condition. He had three prior DWI convictions, and was wanted for failure to appear in court for another DWI charge. On December 2, 1992, he was convicted of negligent homicide and sentenced to 10 years with eligibility for parole after he had served five years. Officer Young was survived by his daughter, brother, sister, and father. He was a Vietnam War Veteran.

Survivors

Officer Young was survived by his daughter, brother, sister, and father.

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Officer Young served with the Honolulu Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Honolulu community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— 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 August 28, 1991

Age 45

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Not available

Offender Sentenced to 10 years

Military Service

Randal N. Young served in the Army (1967â1969) before joining law enforcement.

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Officer Randal N. Young is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In HI, 31 of 64 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 48.4% of this state's fallen. That is 5.8 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.

At Honolulu Police Department, 20 of 51 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 39.2% of this agency's fallen.

Honolulu Police Department

of 51 officers

39.2% Felonious

HI — Statewide

of 64 officers

48.4% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious