Police, health center not impacted by shutdown

KAILUA-KONA — Police and the local community health center said Tuesday they haven’t experienced direct impacts to their operations as a result of the ongoing government shutdown.

Police said there are “no issues at all” facing the department as a result of the ongoing shutdown.

Hawaii Police Department Maj. Robert Wagner said the department gets its grant money in October at the beginning of the federal fiscal year, so it isn’t impacted by the lapse in appropriations.

The West Hawaii Community Health Center also said they haven’t seen any direct impacts to funding as a result of the shutdown, saying all of its federal funding is currently intact.