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Royal Order of Kamehameha I
Moku O Hawaiÿi, Helu ÿEkahi • P.O. Box 23122 • Honolulu, Hawaiÿi 96823 / April 2008
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Ilämuku Cape Presented to
Honolulu Police Department
HONOLULU, HAWAIÿI – On Tuesday, March 25, 2008, the Royal Order of Kamehameha I presented an Ilämuku Cape to the Honolulu Police Department for inclusion in the HPD Law Enforcement Museum.
According to the HPD website (www.honolulupd.org), “The Honolulu Police Department’s Law Enforcement Museum depicts the evolution and history of law enforcement in Hawaiÿi. From the first police officer (the ilämuku), to the men and women that serve our island today.”
The position of the ilämuku is further described in The Honolulu Police Department: A Brief History, by Leon Straus: “Early Hawaii had no regular police force. As has already been indicated, the king was the law, but a somewhat primitive enforcement body was in the service of the king, and of those identified as senior chiefs. The men in this so-called force were warriors known as the 'ilämuku'. They enforced compliance with the law, such as it was, carrying out the orders of their leaders as it concerned punishment meted out to law-breakers.”
For the Good of the Order, April 2008 / page 2Aliÿi Nui Recognized by State Senate
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On Wednesday, March 19, 2008, the Aliÿi Nui was recognized on the floor of the State Senate . He was joined for the event by Nä Aliÿi ÿAimoku and several of the high chiefs of Heiau O Nä Aliÿi.
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