Bill Text: HI SR34 | 2023 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Requesting The Honolulu Police Department, In Conjunction With The Department Of Education, To Establish And Operate A Junior Police Program At Department Of Education High Schools.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-22 - Certified copies of resolutions sent. [SR34 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2023-SR34-Amended.html
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 |
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SENATE RESOLUTION
REQUESTING THE HONOLULU POLICE DEPARTMENT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE A JUNIOR POLICE PROGRAM AT DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLS.
WHEREAS, the Honolulu Police Department is suffering from a chronic staffing shortage; and
WHEREAS, as of May 2022, the Honolulu Police Department had 1,828 sworn officers and three hundred forty-nine vacancies; and
WHEREAS, worker shortages in the Honolulu Police Department leads to certain police beats understaffed; and
WHEREAS, certain shifts in Department District 1, which includes Downtown Honolulu, Chinatown, and Kakaako, are staffed at only seventy-seven percent of its usual staffing needs; and
WHEREAS, staffing shortages also limit the time police officers have to work with the community, preventing officers from building deep relationships with community members and business owners; and
WHEREAS, the Honolulu Police Department is highly selective in its recruitment efforts to ensure that only the best, most qualified candidates become police officers that serve and protect local communities; and
WHEREAS, in the last two years, just over five percent of the thousands of applicants who signed up to take the police entrance exam became police recruits; and
WHEREAS, expanding the overall pool of quality applicants through a junior police pilot program at high schools will support the effort of the Honolulu Police Department to select qualified police recruits who meet the Department's high standards; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2023, that the Honolulu Police Department, in conjunction with the Department of Education, is requested to establish and operate a Junior Police Pilot Program at Department of Education high schools; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Superintendent of Education and Chief of the Honolulu Police Department.
Department of Education; Honolulu Police Department; Junior Police Pilot Program
