Hawaii 2025 2025 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SCR220 Introduced / Bill

Filed 03/08/2025

                    THE SENATE   S.C.R. NO.   220     THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025         STATE OF HAWAII                              SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION     Urging the mayor of the city and county of honolulu, HONOLULU police department, and HONOLULU prosecuting attorney's office to collaborate with local businesses and community PARTNERS TO IMPLEMENT SAFE AND SOUND PROGRAMS IN EWA BEACH, KAPOLEI, AND WAIANAE.      

THE SENATE S.C.R. NO. 220
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025
STATE OF HAWAII

THE SENATE

S.C.R. NO.

220

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

Urging the mayor of the city and county of honolulu, HONOLULU police department, and HONOLULU prosecuting attorney's office to collaborate with local businesses and community PARTNERS TO IMPLEMENT SAFE AND SOUND PROGRAMS IN EWA BEACH, KAPOLEI, AND WAIANAE. 

 

 

      WHEREAS, since its implementation in 2022, Waikiki's Safe and Sound program has proven effective at reducing crime in the Waikiki area; and        WHEREAS, the program has been a collaborative effort between the Mayor's Office, Honolulu Police Department, Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney's Office, local businesses, and community partners; and        WHEREAS, since the start of the program, Waikiki has experienced approximately forty-eight percent fewer drug and alcohol-related crimes, nineteen percent fewer robberies, thirty percent fewer burglaries, and twenty-two percent fewer incidents of criminal property damage; and        WHEREAS, to prevent and address crime in West Oahu, areas including Ewa Beach, Kapolei, and Waianae, would also benefit from implementing similar Safe and Sound programs; now, therefore,        BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-third Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2025, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu, Honolulu Police Department, and Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney's Office are urged to collaborate with local businesses and community partners to implement Safe and Sound programs in Ewa Beach, Kapolei, and Waianae; and        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu, Chief of Police for the Honolulu Police Department, Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney, and Honolulu City Council Members representing districts I and IV.               OFFERED BY:   _____________________________                        Report Title:   Safe and Sound Program; Crime Reduction; Ewa Beach; Kapolei; Waianae 

     WHEREAS, since its implementation in 2022, Waikiki's Safe and Sound program has proven effective at reducing crime in the Waikiki area; and

 

     WHEREAS, the program has been a collaborative effort between the Mayor's Office, Honolulu Police Department, Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney's Office, local businesses, and community partners; and

 

     WHEREAS, since the start of the program, Waikiki has experienced approximately forty-eight percent fewer drug and alcohol-related crimes, nineteen percent fewer robberies, thirty percent fewer burglaries, and twenty-two percent fewer incidents of criminal property damage; and

 

     WHEREAS, to prevent and address crime in West Oahu, areas including Ewa Beach, Kapolei, and Waianae, would also benefit from implementing similar Safe and Sound programs; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-third Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2025, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu, Honolulu Police Department, and Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney's Office are urged to collaborate with local businesses and community partners to implement Safe and Sound programs in Ewa Beach, Kapolei, and Waianae; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu, Chief of Police for the Honolulu Police Department, Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney, and Honolulu City Council Members representing districts I and IV. 

 

 

 

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Report Title:  

Safe and Sound Program; Crime Reduction; Ewa Beach; Kapolei; Waianae