HI SCR40

Honolulu Police Department had 1,828 sworn officers and 349 vacancies as of May 2022, contributing to chronic staffing shortages.

Certain shifts in Department District 1 (Downtown Honolulu, Chinatown, and Kakaako) are staffed at only 77 percent of usual staffing needs.

Only 5 percent of applicants who took the police entrance exam in the last two years became police recruits due to the department's selective hiring standards.

Requests the Honolulu Police Department and Department of Education to establish and operate a Junior Police Pilot Program at Department of Education high schools to expand the pool of quality applicants.

Directs certified copies of the resolution to be sent to the Superintendent of Education and Chief of the Honolulu Police Department.