DAVID Y. 
GOVERNOR

CLARE E. CONNORS
ATTORNEY GENERAL

 

DANA 0. VIOLA
STATE OF HAWAII FIRST DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS BOARD
425 Queen Street
HONOLULU, HAWAII 96833
(808)586-1500

RESOLUTION REQUESTING MORE TIME AND RESOURCES TO FINALIZE
TRAINING STANDARDS AND CERTIFICATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS BY THE LAW ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS BOARD

WHEREAS, the Law Enforcement Standards Board (hereinafter ?Board?) was
established on July 1, 2018, and tasked with providing programs and standards for training and
certi?cation of law enforcement of?cersl; and

WHEREAS, the ?fteen (15) members of the Board serve without compensation; and

WHEREAS, the duties of the Board include:

1. Establishing minimum standards for employment as a law enforcement of?cer and to
certify persons to be quali?ed as law enforcement of?cers; 

2. Consulting and cooperating with the counties, agencies of the State, other governmental
agencies, universities, colleges, and other institutions concerning the development of law
enforcement of?cer training schools and programs of criminal justice instruction; and

3. Establishing minimum criminal justice curriculum requirements for basic, Specialized,
and in?service courses and programs for schools operated by or for the State or a county
for the speci?c purpose of training law enforcement of?cers; and

4. Establishing and maintaining law enforcement training programs through agencies and
institutions deemed by the Board; and

5. Establishing procedures and criteria for the revocation of certi?cation issued by the
Board

6. Investigating law enforcement of?cers believed to not meet the minimum standards of
employment; and

7. Establishing criteria and standards for reapplying for certi?cation by those who have
been denied certi?cation, whose certi?cation has been revoked by the Board, or whose
certi?cation has lapsed; and

8. Establishing and requiring participation in continuing education programs for law
enforcement of?cers.

WHEREAS, the Board should review the study by the Legislative Reference Bureau that
examined consolidating law enforcement activities and responsibilities of various state divisions
and agencies under a single, centralized state enforcement division or agency.2 That study
examined, ?Operational, administrative, ?nancial, personnel, legal, and other issues associated

 

1 Act 220 (2018), HB. No. 2071. Attached as Exhibit A.
2 Act 124 (2018), SB. No. 2909. Attached as Exhibit B.

with consolidation,? and was due no later than twenty days prior to convening of the 2019
Legislature; and

WHEREAS, the Board would like to study the effect of uniform standards and
certi?cation for all state and county law enforcement of?cers; and

WHEREAS, the Board must determine the impact on collective bargaining rights of
minimum standards for employment for law enforcement of?cers, procedures for revocation of
certi?cation and reapplying for certi?cation, and required participation in continuing education
programs; and

WHEREAS, the Board should evaluate existing training facilities and resources to
effectively establish and maintain law enforcement training programs; and

WHEREAS, no one is employed as an administrator or otherwise for the Board to carry
out its duties; and

WHEREAS, the ?nal standards and certi?cation process is due on July 1, 2019, and one
year is insuf?cient time to complete all that the Board was tasked to do; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the Law Enforcement Standards Board that more time and
resources are requested to permit the Board to ?nalize training standards and certi?cation of law
enforcement of?cers; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that COpies of this Resolution be transmitted to the House
of Representatives and Senate, Thirtieth Legislature, 2020, State of Hawaii.