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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
REQUESTING A TASK FORCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SYSTEM TO ASSIST WITH MISSING OR LOST SENIOR CITIZENS.
WHEREAS, the Legislature finds that there is a growing problem with elderly persons and senior citizens becoming lost or disoriented; and
WHEREAS, those senior citizens oftentimes are unable to relate their personal information, such as name and address, to law enforcement personnel or the agencies entrusted with their return; and
WHEREAS, the Department of the Attorney General has in place the beginnings of a facial recognition program which could be used to assist in returning lost or disoriented senior citizens to their homes; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-fifth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2010, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Attorney General is requested to establish a task force to develop, implement, and oversee a system that can be used to locate and return missing senior citizens to their homes; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force shall be composed of one member from each of the following entities:
(1) The Executive Office on Aging;
(2) The county police departments (one member from each of the four counties);
(3) The Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons;
(4) The Department of Public Safety — Sheriff's Division;
(5) The University of Hawaii; and
(6) The National Association of Security Companies; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the task force shall submit to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2011, a report on the:
(1) Scope and return of the facial recognition system being developed;
(2) Standards for implementation to ensure that all agencies properly use the facial recognition system; and
(3) Procedural information regarding use of the locator system; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Director of the Executive Office on Aging; the Chiefs of the County Police Departments; the State Director and State President of AARP Hawaii; the Director of Public Safety; the Chairperson of the Board of Regents of the University of Hawaii; and the Executive Director of the Hawaii Chapter of the National Association of Security Companies.
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OFFERED BY: |
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Missing Senior Citizens; System to Locate & Return; Task Force