STAND. COM. REP. NO. 4068

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.C.R. No. 87

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. 87 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU TO ESTABLISH A NEW POLICE DISTRICT IN LEEWARD OAHU TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE POLICE SERVICES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE FOR GROWING LEEWARD OAHU COMMUNITIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge the City and County of Honolulu to establish a new police district in Leeward Oahu to provide adequate police services and law enforcement response for growing Leeward Oahu communities.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers and three individuals.

Your Committee finds that a significant percentage of Oahu's population reside in Leeward Oahu and populations in the Leeward Oahu communities rose between 2015 and 2019. Your Committee believes that the law enforcement needs of a growing Leeward Oahu population call for an additional police station within Honolulu Police Department District 8. This measure will provide improved police response and other services to the Leeward Oahu communities by urging the City and County of Honolulu to establish a new police district in Leeward 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 H.C.R. No. 87, 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