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C O U NT Y O F KAU A‘I
BERNARD P. CARVALHO JR.
Mayor
WALLACE G. REZENTES JR.
Managing Director
KAUA‘I POLICE DEPARTMENT
News Release
For Immediate Release: April 13, 2017
DARRYL PERRY, CHIEF
Tel (808) 241-1600
Fax (808) 241-1604
KPD honors Child Abuse Prevention Month with Pinwheel Garden
LIHUE - To help raise public awareness in support of Child Abuse Prevention Month,
Kaua`i Police Chief Darryl D. Perry and the Kaua`i Police Department took part in the Pinwheels
for Prevention campaign at KPD headquarters, Ka Hale Maka‘i O Kaua‘i.
Representatives from the Kaua‘i District Health Office, YWCA, the Kaua`i Children’s
Justice Center, and the Girl Scouts of Kaua`i, assisted in planting a pinwheel garden in the front
lawn of KPD headquarters on Friday, April 7.
Prevent Child Abuse America introduced the pinwheel as the new national symbol for the
prevention of child abuse and neglect, and it symbolizes that every child deserves to have a safe,
happy, and positive childhood.
“The Kaua‘i Police Department is proud to support the Pinwheels for Prevention
campaign,” stated Chief Perry. “We hope that the pinwheels seen here at the police department,
and at various locations across the island, will serve as a reminder that each and every one of us
in the community play a role in supporting our keiki, and preventing child abuse and neglect.”
Above Photo (L-R): Sgt. Anthony Morita; Lt. Kenneth Cummings; Capt. Paul Applegate; Chief
Darryl D. Perry; Sgt. Chad Cataluna; Lt. Kennison Nagahisa; Sgt. Clyde Caires; Asst. Chief Roy
Asher; and Lt. Scott Brede stand behind the pinwheel garden that was planted on Friday, April 7 at
the front lawn of KPD Headquarters.
Above photo: KPD officers, staff, and KPD Police Explorers join representatives from the Kaua‘i
District Health Office, YWCA, and the Kaua`i Children’s Justice Center, along with several
Kaua‘i Girl Scouts and their parents.
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