STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3778

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.C.R. No. 20

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 20, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING AN INCREASED HONOLULU POLICE DEPARTMENT PRESENCE IN WAIANAE, THE NORTH SHORE OF OAHU, CHINATOWN AND DOWNTOWN HONOLULU AREAS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge the Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu and the Honolulu City Council to allocate more resources to the Honolulu Police Department, for the purpose of increasing visible police presence in, and active patrols of, Waianae, the North Shore, and the Downtown and Chinatown areas.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities for the Democratic Party of Hawaii, United Chinese Society of Hawaii, and three individuals.

 

     Your Committee finds that it is essential for government to maintain the safety of residents, business owners, workers, and patrons, as well as to protect their property and possessions and encourage commercial activity.  Your Committee also finds that there was an increase in crime, particularly in assaults and thefts, in several areas of Oahu during the last quarter of 2016.  Your Committee further finds that increasing the visible presence of uniformed police officers in these areas, namely Waianae, the North Shore of Oahu, Chinatown, and Downtown Honolulu, would improve public safety by deterring criminal activity as well as providing more immediate assistance to victims once a crime has been committed.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

 

     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. 20, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 20, H.D. 1, S.D. 1.

 

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