From KHON:
The Honolulu Police Department (HPD) does not issue e-mail warnings to the general public.Information from the HPD will be relayed through official media releases, Honolulu Crimestoppers, the HPD Facebook site, and Nixle text and email notifications.
That’s the full story. Fair guess that someone’s been impersonating the department over email.
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