STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3247

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.C.R. No. 126

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. 126 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE HONOLULU POLICE DEPARTMENT TO OPEN A POLICE STATION ON OAHU'S NORTH SHORE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge the Honolulu Police Department to open a police station on 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 each year. Accordingly, this measure urges the Honolulu Police Department to open a police station on the North Shore of Oahu.

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. 126 and recommends its adoption.

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