STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1759

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 584

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 584, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

 

Crime Victim Compensation Commission

 

G.M. No. 584

CLIFTON CHOY,

for a term to expire 06-30-2023,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee reviewed the resume submitted by Clifton Choy for service on the Crime Victim Compensation Commission.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination for the appointment of Clifton Choy from the Department of Public Safety, Crime Victim Compensation Commission, and two individuals.

 

     Your Committee finds that Mr. Choy earned his Bachelor of Arts in sociology from Chaminade University.  Mr. Choy's educational training also includes post-graduate courses in social work at the University of Hawaii, and multiple trainings, workshops, and conferences related to crime victim services.

 

     Mr. Choy has twenty-eight years of experience working with victims and their families through the City and County of Honolulu Department of the Prosecuting Attorney, Victim Witness Assistance Division.  Mr. Choy started as a Victim Witness Advocate and worked his way up to become a Victim Advocate Supervisor.  He has worked with victims in every branch of Victim Witness Kokua Services, including misdemeanors and felony cases.  Mr. Choy has made a positive difference in the lives of many victims by assisting and guiding them as their cases moved through the criminal justice system.

 

     Your Committee further finds that Mr. Choy is well-qualified to serve on the Crime Victim Compensation Commission and his background and past experiences will be invaluable to the Commission's efforts to provide equitable and efficient services to Hawaii's violent-crime victims.

 

     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, after full consideration of the background, experience, and qualifications of the nominee, has found the nominee to be qualified for the position to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and consent to the nomination.

 

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