Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2581, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to reduce the backlog of unserved arrest warrants by authorizing the Attorney General to promulgate rules to allow retired police and public safety officers to serve arrest warrants.

The Honolulu Police Department and Mothers Against Drunk Driving-Hawaii testified in support this bill. The Department of the Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney supported the intent of this measure. The Attorney General and Office of the Public Defender opposed this bill.

Your Committee finds that this bill will allow for an immediate solution to reduce the backlog until more information about the problem is obtained and long-term solutions are recommended.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2581, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.