STAND. COM. REP. NO.  388

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.B. No. 449

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Public Safety and Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 449 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO POLICE DEPARTMENTS,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to ensure transparency and accountability of county police departments in their handling of domestic violence cases by requiring each county police department to post its policies relating to domestic violence, officer-involved domestic violence, and standards of conduct on its official website.

 

     The Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and two concerned individuals supported this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Public Safety and Labor & Public Employment that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 449 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Public Safety and Labor & Public Employment,

 

 

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair

 

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GREGG TAKAYAMA, Chair