Kaua‘i Police Department Chief's Corner

Chief Elliott Kalani Ke

Starting his law enforcement career at KPD in 1999, Chief Ke began as a Patrol Services Bureau officer and spent 13 years serving in various roles, including Patrol Officer, Traffic Safety Officer, Drug Abuse Resistance Education Officer, and Vice Officer in the Investigative Services Bureau.

In 2012, he was promoted to Sergeant and joined the Chief’s Office in Internal Affairs. Two years later, he advanced to Lieutenant in the Criminal Intelligence Unit within the same office. By 2016, he had risen to the rank of Captain, a role he maintained for four years until his promotion to Assistant Chief in 2020.

Chief Ke also holds a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Bethel University, is an alumnus of the FBI National Academy (2015), and has been honored with several awards, including KPD’s Employee of the Year, Top Cop, and the Hawaiʽi State Law Enforcement Officials Association’s Officer of the Year in 2008.