THE TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2016
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY, INTERGOVERNMENTAL, AND MILITARY AFFAIRS |
Senator Clarence K. Nishihara, Chair |
Senator Will Espero, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF HEARING
DATE: |
Thursday, February 04, 2016 |
TIME: |
1:15 p.m. |
PLACE: |
Conference Room 229 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. Requires the state sheriff division to submit yearly reports on sheriff and deputy sheriff misconduct to the legislature. Requires county police departments and the state sheriff division to post those reports on their public websites.
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RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. Requires the department of the attorney general to implement and maintain a public database of all law enforcement officers who have been terminated from their law enforcement positions, or forced to resign due to criminal activity, improper behavior, or misconduct. Requires the county police departments, the department of public safety, the department of transportation, and the department of land and natural resources to report all terminations or forced resignations of law enforcement officers to the attorney general within 30 days.
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PSM, JDL/WAM |
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RELATING TO POLICE COMMISSIONS. Amends the composition of the county police commissions to require that there are commissioners on each police commission that have experience or backgrounds in women's issues, civil rights, and law enforcement.
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PSM, JDL |
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RELATING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. Requires any state or county agency who employs personnel whose job duties require or may require intervention in a domestic violence situation to provide such employees with a minimum of 15 hours of domestic violence intervention training.
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RELATING TO POLICE DEPARTMENTS. Specifies that citizen complaints against a police officer that involve allegations of domestic abuse against a family or household member on the part of the police officer shall not be required to be in writing or sworn to by the complainant.
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PSM, JDL |
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RELATING TO THE UNIFORM INFORMATION PRACTICES ACT. Allows disclosure of government records in cases where a police officer has been suspended or discharged in a disciplinary action.
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PSM, JDL |
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RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. Defines "person in custody" as used in the offense of sexual assault in the second degree and third degree to mean a person who is stopped by or under the control of a law enforcement officer for official purposes.
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RELATING TO SEXUAL ASSAULT EVIDENCE. Requires law enforcement agencies and departments to compile information on untested sexual assault collection kits and transmit the information to the department of the attorney general. Requires the department of the attorney general to transmit that information to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house.
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RELATING TO THE STATEWIDE INTEGRATED SEX OFFENDER TREATMENT PROGRAM. Amends chapter 353E, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), to reflect nationally recognized best practices in the statewide, integrated programming for sex offenders, and to identify the coordinating body for the sex offender treatment program as the "sex offender management team." Exempts the statewide integrated sex offender treatment program from the requirements of chapter 92, HRS.
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PSM, JDL |
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Decision Making to follow, if time permits.
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_____________________________________ Senator Clarence K. Nishihara Chair |