HAWAII LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL FOUNDATION

The Hawaii Law Enforcement Memorial began as a dream of Joan Gribbin-Aiu in 1995 after her daughter lost her father, Bryant Bayne, a Honolulu Police Department SWAT officer, who along with Tate Kahakai, another HPD SWAT officer, and Peter Crown, a Honolulu Fire Department firefighter/pilot, were killed. All three perished after their helicopter crashed while attempting to rescue lost hikers in Sacred Falls, Hauula, Hawaii. Joan was also a close friend to HPD Officer Troy Barboza who was killed while operating undercover in a major narcotics investigation... Several years later, Joan and her daughter traveled to the National Law Enforcement Memorial in Washington, D.C. where they viewed the names of fallen officers, including those of Barboza, Bayne, and Kahakai. Seeing the name of her father helped Joan's daughter ease her loss, however, it perplexed her why Hawaii families had to travel so far to honor their fallen... Later, while traveling through Florida to the Kennedy Space..

Also known as: The Hawaii Law Enforcement Memorial Foundation

Primary location: Honolulu United States