STAND. COM. REP. NO. 390
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 1315
Honorable Donna Mercado Kim
President of the Senate
Twenty-Seventh State Legislature
Regular Session of 2013
State of Hawaii
Madam:
Your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 1315 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE POWER OF ARREST,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to permit officers of the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Protective Service (FPS) to make arrests without a warrant under certain conditions.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from FPS and one individual. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii.
Your Committee finds that FPS is the uniformed and investigative law enforcement component of the Department of Homeland Security. FPS provides police services to federally owned, leased, or occupied properties and investigates crimes that affect those properties and personnel.
In order to take action related to a state violation that occurs on federal property, FPS is currently required to devote resources to respond to and investigate the incident, then request that local police also devote resources to respond, investigate, and assume responsibility for the incident. This duplicity is a drain on resources and taxpayer dollars, particularly when it is the primary mission of FPS to carry out this function.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1315 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Labor.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs,
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____________________________ WILL ESPERO, Chair |
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