SB 601 Summary

• Requires law enforcement officers to post notice of completion after conducting any warranted or warrantless search, including the report number, date, time, reason for entry, and contact number for at least one officer involved.

• Mandates that officers secure all entrances used during a search upon its completion.

• Requires each county police department, the Department of Law Enforcement, and state/county public bodies employing law enforcement officers to develop a policy for securing building entrances after searches are completed.

• Permits breaking of doors, gates, entrance bars, closets, and other closed places during searches only when reasonable and other means of entry are not reasonable.

• Expands Chapter 803, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to address searches and establish new procedural requirements for law enforcement conducting search warrant operations.