STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1420

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.C.R. No. 82

       S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Judiciary and Labor and Ways and Means, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 82, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE TASK FORCE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO H.C.R. NO. 85, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, REGULAR SESSION OF 2016, TO SUBMIT A REPORT ON THE CURRENT STATUS, STAFFING, RESOURCES, CURRICULUM, AND LEVELS OF STAFF PARTICIPATION AT THE CURRENT DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING ACADEMY,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to request that the task force established pursuant to H.C.R. No. 85, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, Regular Session of 2016, submit a report to the Legislature prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2018 regarding the current status, staffing, resources, curriculum, and levels of staff participation at the Department of Public Safety training academy.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Public Safety.

     Your Committees find that maintaining a properly trained public safety workforce is vital to protecting the public's health, safety, and well-being.  Currently, the Department of Public Safety, which employs approximately two thousand five hundred individuals, operates its Training and Staff Development Branch as its training academy and complies with applicable staff training provisions of contracts negotiated through collective bargaining.  This measure will ensure that the Legislature is informed of the current status, staffing, resources, curriculum, and levels of staff participation at the training academy.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Judiciary and Labor and Ways and Means that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 82, S.D. 1, and recommend its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Judiciary and Labor and Ways and Means,

________________________________ JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair

________________________________ GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN, Chair