STAND. COM. REP. NO.  250-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2460

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety, to which was referred H.B. No. 2460 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to help the recruitment of personnel for law enforcement positions within state government and standardize law enforcement training among various state departments and agencies by establishing and appropriating funds for a state law enforcement training academy within the Department of Public Safety to train candidates for law enforcement positions of the State.

 

     A concerned individual supported this measure.  The Department of Public Safety and the Honolulu Police Department opposed this measure.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources offered comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Changing the proposed site of the state law enforcement training academy from the Honolulu police department training academy in Waipahu, Oahu, to an unspecified location;


 

(2)  Leaving unspecified, the designation of the entity that will perform the duties of the Director of Public Safety in establishing and administering the proposed state law enforcement training academy;

 

(3)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to promote further discussion; and

 

(4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2460, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2460, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety,

 

 

 

 

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GREGG TAKAYAMA, Chair