[3] At the time of its deactivation, the Department of Public Safety was made up of three divisions: Administration, Corrections, and Law Enforcement.

[4] The Administration Division provides support services that enable the corrections staff to fulfill their responsibilities.

[13] The Mainland Section initially contracted with three facilities, one in Kentucky and two in Arizona, to house prisoners sentenced in Hawaii.

[15] The state also removed its prisoners from CCA's Red Rock Correctional Center in Arizona in 2014.

[16] About 1,900 male Hawaii state inmates are held at CCA's Saguaro Correctional Center in Eloy, Arizona.

Deputy sheriffs conduct criminal and civil investigations on cases that occur within the jurisdiction of state entities.

[22] In April 2016, Hawaii news media outlet Hawaii News Now reported that fifteen deputy sheriffs employed by the department, including some high-ranking officials within the division, had not yet received basic law enforcement training, despite some of them having been employed as sheriffs for more than two decades.

'"[24][25] On April 11, 2019, Hawaii News Now reported that Department of Public Safety administrator Joveta Marte Martinez had repeatedly lied about receiving degrees from Southern Oregon State College (now called Southern Oregon University) and Saint Joseph's College of Maine.