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Council creates police staffing and retention task force with extended report deadline
Summary
The committee approved a task force to study HPD vacancies and retention, expanded the reporting deadline from 90 to 180 days, and asked participating agencies and unions to deliver a written plan with budget recommendations.
The Committee on Public Safety and Customer Services voted to create a nine‑member Police Department Staffing and Retention Task Force to produce a written plan addressing Honolulu Police Department vacancies and retention and to report back to the council within 180 days.
Council Member Esther Tupala, who introduced the resolution, said the lapsing of $50 million from departmental budgets made the issue urgent: “The lapsing of $50,000,000 out of this department was…
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