STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3781

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.C.R. No. 88

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 88, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE HONOLULU POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ALLOCATE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO INCREASE POLICE PRESENCE ON THE WAI‘ANAE COAST AND TO CREATE 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 reduce crime in Waianae.

More specifically, this measure urges the Honolulu Police Department to:

(1) Allocate additional resources to increase police presence on the Waianae Coast on the island of Oahu; and

(2) Create a new police district for Waianae that is separate from Kapolei and Ewa.

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

Your Committee finds that concern regarding recent increases in the frequency and severity of criminal activity in the Waianae area has prompted local residents and business owners to call for a greater police presence in the area. Your Committee believes that increasing the visible presence of uniformed police officers in the Waianae area would improve public safety by deterring criminal activity, expediting police response, and providing more immediate assistance to crime victims.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 88, S.D. 1, and recommends its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair