Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

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1	1	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.C.R. NO. 16 THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025 STATE OF HAWAII HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE DEpartment of education and HONOLULU POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ESTABLISH JUNIOR POLICE officer PROGRAMS THROUGH SCHOOL-POLICE PARTNERSHIPS IN SCHOOLS.
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3	3	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.C.R. NO. 16
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37	37	URGING THE DEpartment of education and HONOLULU POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ESTABLISH JUNIOR POLICE officer PROGRAMS THROUGH SCHOOL-POLICE PARTNERSHIPS IN SCHOOLS.
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45	45	WHEREAS, school-police partnerships offer mentorship opportunities to students, access to role models who are leaders in the community, and youth safety trainings; and WHEREAS, school-police partnerships have existed across the nation since the late 1900s with programs such as Officer Friendly, Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.), and Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.); and WHEREAS, at the local level, the Honolulu Police Department operates many community programs including the Citizens Police Academy, D.A.R.E., Law Enforcement Explorers Program (L.E.E.P.), and Police Activities League (P.A.L.); and WHEREAS, Honolulu Police Department has been administering D.A.R.E. programs in Hawaii schools since the 1980s; and WHEREAS, Honolulu Police Department's L.E.E.P. activities offer career development, character building, and social engagement for young adults between fourteen and twenty years old; and WHEREAS, many schools feature Junior Police Officer programs, under the oversight of the Honolulu Police Department, that allow students to take a leadership role in their school, enforce campus safety rules, participate in an annual Field Day event, and more; and WHEREAS, every student on Oahu, regardless of their school or grade level, should have the opportunity to participate in a Junior Police Officer or similar school-police partnership program at their school; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-third Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2025, the Senate concurring, that the Department of Education and the Honolulu Police Department are urged to establish Junior Police Officer or similar programs through school-police partnerships in all Oahu schools; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Superintendent of Education, Chairperson of the Board of Education, Chief of the Honolulu Police Department, and Chair of the Honolulu Police Commission. OFFERED BY: _____________________________
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47	47	WHEREAS, school-police partnerships offer mentorship opportunities to students, access to role models who are leaders in the community, and youth safety trainings; and
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51	51	WHEREAS, school-police partnerships have existed across the nation since the late 1900s with programs such as Officer Friendly, Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.), and Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.); and
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55	55	WHEREAS, at the local level, the Honolulu Police Department operates many community programs including the Citizens Police Academy, D.A.R.E., Law Enforcement Explorers Program (L.E.E.P.), and Police Activities League (P.A.L.); and
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59	59	WHEREAS, Honolulu Police Department has been administering D.A.R.E. programs in Hawaii schools since the 1980s; and
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63	63	WHEREAS, Honolulu Police Department's L.E.E.P. activities offer career development, character building, and social engagement for young adults between fourteen and twenty years old; and
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67	67	WHEREAS, many schools feature Junior Police Officer programs, under the oversight of the Honolulu Police Department, that allow students to take a leadership role in their school, enforce campus safety rules, participate in an annual Field Day event, and more; and
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71	71	WHEREAS, every student on Oahu, regardless of their school or grade level, should have the opportunity to participate in a Junior Police Officer or similar school-police partnership program at their school; now, therefore,
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75	75	BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-third Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2025, the Senate concurring, that the Department of Education and the Honolulu Police Department are urged to establish Junior Police Officer or similar programs through school-police partnerships in all Oahu schools; and
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79	79	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Superintendent of Education, Chairperson of the Board of Education, Chief of the Honolulu Police Department, and Chair of the Honolulu Police Commission.
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101	101	Report Title: DOE; Education; Police Partnerships; HPD; School Programs
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