AMNESTY EVENT NETS ALMOST 1,400 POUNDS OF FIREWORKS

AMNESTY EVENT NETS ALMOST 1,400 POUNDS OF FIREWORKS

HONOLULU – The Department of Law Enforcement (DLE) and its partners collected 1,374 pounds of fireworks from people who brought their unused fireworks to a fireworks amnesty event at Aloha Stadium on Saturday, January 11.

“The fireworks collected Saturday represent a small fraction of what is typically used on New Year’s Eve in Hawai‘i,” said Governor Josh Green, M.D. “While I’m proud of our people coming together to turn in nearly three times more illegal fireworks this year than last year, we are going to have to pull back from using aerials in our communities. We are going to have to do that as a society and people are going to have to make the decision to not buy these illegal fireworks.”

“We are extremely grateful to everyone who took the opportunity to dispose of their fireworks safely,” said DLE Director Jordan Lowe. “People from 121 households brought fireworks to the amnesty event. Their families are safer, and their homes are more secure without fireworks being stored in carports or closets. We are taking an inventory of everything we collected, and we will eventually dispose of it in a safe manner.”

The Honolulu Police Department, Hawai‘i Department of the Attorney General, Honolulu Fire Department, Honolulu Emergency Services Department and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives collaborated to ensure the event was safe and orderly.

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