Matthew Motas

As a Honolulu Metropolitan Police Officers I have worked in the Patrol Bureau in various area on the island of Oahu. During my time in the Patrol Bureau, I duties were to patrol various areas and enforce any violations of the Hawaii Revised Statues and Hawaii Revised Ordinances that were observed, which would result in either a documentation of the encounter/citation or an arrest of the violator.

I would also make contact with the public and businesses to investigate if any concerns or questions the public had.

I later moved to the Narcotics/ Vice Division in the Honolulu Police Department after serving approximately 4 years in the Patrol Bureau. While assigned to Narcotics/ Vice Division, my duties consisted of making control buys of illicit narcotics to build state of federal criminal cases against various suspected drug traffickers within but limited to the County of Honolulu and State of Hawaii. I was also assigned to a federal drug taskforce partnered with the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) where I assisted numerous federal investigations which resulted in federal indictments of the suspects.

After serving 8 years within the Narcotics/ Vice Division, I was transferred/ promoted back to the Patrol Bureau and assigned to District 7 Crime Reduction Unit. The Crime Reduction Unit (CRU) works in a plain clothes capacity and has the responsibilities include but are not limited to the investigation and enforcement of all laws within the City and County of Honolulu, State of Hawaii.

During my time in the District 7 CRU, I was assigned to train new incoming CRU officers to the unit and take on the role of Acting Sergeant when needed. I am a certified Alerrt 1, AAIR instructor, a NRA tactical shooting instructor, HPD Ballistic Shield operator/ instructor and a Vehicle Operators instructor. I am currently still assigned to the District 7 CRU and also the United State Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force.