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7 Honolulu Maui Hawaii: Kauai., � :12 ■Population 72 10.8 r . El Reports 36.2 44 5 11 Al �. ®Arrests 55.1 Figure 2 Distribution of Reports/Arrests (Percent), for CY 2002 The Family Court in each of the four.Circuit Courts issues temporary restraining orders `(TRO) and protection orders. (PO) in domestic violence cases involving family or household. members. The District Courts issue injunctions for non -related partners in:domestic violence cases which do not qualify. under the Domestic.Abuse statute; in the First. Circuit., there.are also, a. number of domestic violence cases involving family or household members, that are sent to District Court for adjudication. For those cases heard in the Family Courts, filings have: increased steadily an average of 1.5% pe ryearover the past. three fiscal years (Table 4) Table 4 FAMILY COURT CHAPTER .586 PROTECTION. ORDER FILING BY STATE FISCAL YEAR* Family Court (County) FY 95 FY 96 FY 97 FY 98 FY 99 FY. 00 FY 01 FY02 First Circuit 1,b58 1,326 1,590 2,016 1,835 µ 2,093 2,274 24838 (Honolulu) Second Circuit (Maui) 390 392 369 398 407 525 659 621 Third Circuit (Hawaii) 7$5 730 801 .4 _ 759~ 690 833 -915 959 Fifth Circuit (Kauai) 95 105 135. 102 123. 119 179 205 .Total 2,928 2,553" 2,859 3,275 3,055 3,570 4,027 4,623 Source: Judiciary Annual Reports for FY 1995.- 2002. *Fiscal Year (July '1.to June 30) Arrest. for violations of TROs presents a measurement. that complements information related to filing for protection against domestic abuse. The data from the Hawaii'Criminal Justice Data Center (HCJDC) reflect. calendar years 1996 to 2002 in Table `5.:. Coding of violations by the police departments may prevent capture of all domestic violence -related arrests, as mentioned earlier. Other than a slight dip in 1999, all counties demonstrated a steady increase in the number of arrests for TRO violations, with a dramatic statewide increase of over 87% 4