STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3249

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.C.R. No. 122

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 122 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING AN INCREASED HONOLULU POLICE DEPARTMENT PRESENCE ON OAHU'S NORTH SHORE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge the Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu and the Honolulu City Council to allocate more resources to the Honolulu Police Department for the purpose of increasing visible police presence in, and active patrols of, the North Shore of Oahu.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the O‘ahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i.

Your Committee finds that it is important to maintain the safety of residents, business owners, workers, and patrons of Oahu's North Shore. Your Committee also finds that reports from North Shore residents and official reports from the Honolulu Police Department indicate that the incidence of crimes such as arson, vandalism, theft, and burglary have sharply increased in the community in recent years. Your Committee further finds that this increased crime threatens the well-being of North Shore residents and the millions of tourists that frequent the area. Accordingly, this measure urges that the City and County of Honolulu devote more police resources to Oahu's North Shore.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

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 concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 122, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 122, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs,

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CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair