STAND. COM. REP. NO.1169

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: H.C.R. No. 39

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 39 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS TO ADOPT A RISK-FOCUSED POLICING MODEL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the police departments to adopt risk-focused policing and team up with schools and criminal justice system participants to form a community-wide treatment system to alleviate crime and community problems in high-risk areas.

Your Committee received testimony in support of the intent of this measure from the Department of Education.

Your Committee finds that the risk-focused policing model has been effective in Redlands, California, and that it may be a promising model to explore in our State. Your Committee does have some concerns regarding the availability of police officers to carry out this program and the possibility that it could displace other successful policing models already in place. However, your Committee defers to the police departments as to the scale and appropriateness of any implementation of this model.

 

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 39 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.

 

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

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NESTOR GARCIA, Chair