S.C.R. No. 126 Summary

• Urges the Honolulu Police Department to open a police station on Oahu's North Shore to address increased criminal activity and community safety concerns.

• Notes that over 3.25 million visitors (more than half of Oahu's 6.5 million annual visitors) visit the North Shore, and crime increases threaten the area's reputation and visitor safety.

• Documents rising crime in District 2 (which includes North Shore), with total index crime increasing from 2,023 to 2,055 crimes per 100,000 residents between 2015-2016, including increases in burglary (320 to 359) and auto theft (284 to 324).

• Cites specific crime incidents including a December 2017 murder of an elementary school teacher and 33 reported incidents (burglary, motor vehicle theft, theft, unauthorized vehicle entry) in the North Shore area between January 29-February 11, 2018.

• Reports a 74.2 percent increase in unsheltered homeless persons in the Wahiawa to North Shore region from 2016 to 2017, with community and business owners requesting increased police presence.