HONOLULU -- Honolulu's police chief on Tuesday renewed a push for a complete ban on fireworks on Oahu.

Chief Boisse Correa made his case after many illegal aerials rocketed over the island on another New Year's Eve.

A similar push for a ban at the state Legislature eight years ago came close to passing. Correa said he thinks now is the right time.

There were fewer calls to police and firefighters this holiday, but that is not to say people didn't notice an intensity of pyrotechnics.

"We've had a lot more complaints by the community by different groups involving animals, mentally ill, mentally challenged individuals," Correa said.

The chief said he feels things have reached a threshold and that enough is enough.

The department is teaming up with the city's Fire Department. State health officials and the Humane Society in asking for a ban on the personal use of fireworks.

"We just can't continue to go on and on and on and on," Correa said.

If the chief gets his wish resident will not be able to buy fireworks, firecrackers and the like at roadside stands or in local drug stores and markets. That would limit the number of companies bringing in the pyrotechnics to a handful for commercial displays and theoretically make enforcement easier.

Over the holidays, police made two arrests on the sale of illegal aerial fireworks. The department does not have a special unit to handle fireworks violations.

Correa said he has not talked about the fireworks ban with other police chiefs on the neighbor islands.