STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2683

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NOS. 299, 300, 301

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs, to which was referred Governor's Message Nos. 299, 300, and 301, submitting for study and consideration the nominations of: 

 

State Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision

 

G.M. No. 299

DENNIS M. DUNN,

for a term to expire 6-30-2010;

 

G.M. No. 300

DENNIS M. DUNN,

for a term to expire 6-30-2014; and

 

G.M. No. 301

JANICE YAMADA,

for a term to expire 6-30-2013,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of Dennis M. Dunn from the Judiciary and Hawaii Paroling Authority.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Dennis M. Dunn is being appointed to a term to expire on June 30, 2010, and to another sequential term to expire June 30, 2014.  Mr. Dunn received a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Development from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.  He is a lecturer on crime victim and other criminal justice issues.  Mr. Dunn has been employed since 1985 with the Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney as the Director of the Victim Witness Assistance Division.  Your Committee notes that the nominee served on the Domestic Violence Task Force (Oahu) from 1993 to 2004, and the Domestic Violence Working Group from 1999 to 2004.  Mr. Dunn also served on the Hawaii Coalition Against Sexual Assault from 2003 to 2007.

 

     Your Committee notes favorably from Mr. Dunn's answer to written questions from the Committee:  "My role will be to work cooperatively with other Council members to develop policies governing offenders transferred to and from Hawaii that will most effectively provide for public safety while insuring that meaningful supervision also can benefit offenders.   Furthermore I am basically a compassionate person who can appreciate the rights and needs of all players in the criminal justice process.  I am as concerned about the rights of the accused as I am about the rights of victims. ... I am collaborative.  I work well with others and am always willing to listen to their views.  I am patient.  I believe that true, meaningful, and lasting change requires long term persistent effort."

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of Janice Yamada from the Judiciary and the Hawaii Paroling Authority.  The nominee received a Master's degree in Social Work and a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.  Ms. Yamada is currently with the Judiciary as the Adult Client Services Branch Probation Administrator.  She has served as a member of the State Council for Interstate Adult Supervision since January 1, 2007.  Your Committee notes favorably from the nominee's personal statement that she has worked in the field of corrections for the past thirty years and has benefited from her exposure to local and national probation issues.  She describes her best qualities as having integrity and perseverance, and being able to communicate well with others.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, experience, and qualifications of the nominees, has found the nominees to be qualified for the positions to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and consent to the nominations.

 


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

 

 

 

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WILL ESPERO, Chair