First HI-PAL Kona Bicycle Day Draws About 100, Including 70 Keiki

Roughly 100 community members, including about 70 keiki, turned out Feb. 25 for the first HI-PAL Kona Bicycle Day, the Kona Community Policing Section reported. The turnout came to the Kona event exactly one day before Feb. 26, 2026, and represented a heavy youth presence with children making up roughly 70% of attendees.

HI-PAL in this instance refers to the Hawaiʻi Police Activities League, and the Kona Community Policing Section described the Bicycle Day as family-oriented and focused on bicycle safety. The event emphasized direct engagement between officers and families from the Kona area, with the Community Policing Section reporting the participation figures to mark the program’s launch in Kona.

The participation mix, about 70 keiki among roughly 100 people, indicates a predominantly youth-centered turnout for the inaugural HI-PAL Kona Bicycle Day. Using those figures, children accounted for roughly 70% of the audience at the first event, underscoring that the activity drew more families with children than adult-only attendees.

The Kona Community Policing Section framed the event as part of community policing outreach in Kona, with bicycle safety and officer-family engagement highlighted as primary goals for Feb. 25. The high proportion of keiki at the first HI-PAL Kona Bicycle Day signals early demand among Kona families for youth-oriented safety programming coordinated by the Hawaiʻi Police Activities League and local policing staff.

Organizers reported the attendance and focus areas to the public through the Kona Community Policing Section; the turnout establishes a numerical baseline, roughly 100 participants and about 70 keiki, for future HI-PAL outreach in Kona. The figures from Feb. 25 will serve as the initial metric for evaluating subsequent Bicycle Day events and youth-safety efforts led by HI-PAL in the Kona district.