Bill Text: HI SCR65 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requesting The Honolulu Police Department To Report On How Much Funding Is Required For On-campus School Resource Officers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-04-16 - Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Kobayashi, Lowen, McKelvey, Mizuno, Nakamura, Quinlan, Tokioka excused (7). [SCR65 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2018-SCR65-Introduced.html

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THE SENATE	S.C.R. NO.	65
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

REQUESTING THE HONOLULU POLICE DEPARTMENT TO report on HOW MUCH FUNDING IS REQUIRED FOR ON-CAMPUS SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.

 

 

     WHEREAS, recently, mass shootings at schools have become an epidemic in America, striking fear into students, parents, and teachers throughout the country; and

 

     WHEREAS, the recent school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, is another saddening event that illustrates how severe school shootings have become and demonstrates the importance of creating a safe environment in all educational institutions; and

 

     WHEREAS, in an attempt to better secure and protect schools, states have been utilizing local law enforcement officers by stationing the officers in schools; these officers have come to be known as school resource officers; and

 

     WHEREAS, school resource officers are well-trained officers who are skilled in handling armed weaponry and specifically stationed in schools to prevent any crime, gang related activity, and address any issue that could threaten the safety of the students and faculty; and

 

     WHEREAS, the school resource officers work with the school administration and teachers to not only protect students and faculty, but to also teach topics related to law enforcement geared toward positive student behavior and act as informal counselors for students; and

 

     WHEREAS, in 1999, the federal government established the "Cops in Schools" grant program that awarded over $750,000,000 to hire school resource officers throughout the United States; and

 

     WHEREAS, the funding that was provided by the federal government to maintain school resource officers has since been depleted; and

 

     WHEREAS, the lack of funding has not prevented other counties from providing a safe environment in schools by continuing to support school resource officers; and

 

     WHEREAS, because of the value that the officers had on the campuses, schools in the counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui have maintained school resource officers in certain schools despite the lack of federal funding; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-ninth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2018, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Honolulu Police Department is requested to report on the costs of funding on‑campus school resource officers, including but not limited to manpower, amount of officers necessary, and any other costs required for officers to be stationed in intermediate and high schools on the island of Oahu and to provide a report to this body no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the 2019 Legislature; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Board of Education, Superintendent of the Department of Education, Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu, Chair of the City Council of Honolulu, and Chief of Police of the Honolulu Police Department.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

School Resource Officers; Honolulu Police Department