STAND. COM. REP. NO. 4056

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.C.R. No. 157

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 157 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE ALLOCATION OF ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO INCREASE POLICE PRESENCE ON THE WAI‘ANAE COAST AND THE CREATION OF A NEW POLICE DISTRICT FOR WAI‘ANAE THAT IS SEPARATE FROM KAPOLEI AND ‘EWA,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge the Honolulu Police Department to allocate additional resources to increase police presence on the Waianae coast and to create a new police district for Waianae that is separate from Kapolei and Ewa.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from one individual.

Your Committee finds that the Honolulu Police Department's District 8, which includes Ewa, Kapolei, and the Waianae coast, had the highest number of murders and aggravated assaults on Oahu in 2020. Your Committee believes that increasing the visible presence of uniformed police officers will deter criminal activity and provide more immediate assistance to victims once a crime has been committed. This measure will improve public safety by urging the Honolulu Police Department to allocate additional resources to increase police presence on the Waianae coast and to create a new police district for Waianae that is separate from Kapolei and Ewa.

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 H.C.R. No. 157, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

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