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This Concurrent Resolution requests the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL), which manages over 200,000 acres of land for Native Hawaiians, to study the possibility of creating its own enforcement division with police powers. Currently, the DHHL's enforcement section investigates issues like trespassing but lacks the authority to directly stop such activities and relies on county police or the Department of Land and Natural Resources' Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DLNR's DOCARE) for policing. The resolution highlights recent incidents, such as an illegal game room investigation, to illustrate the limitations faced by the DHHL's enforcement efforts without police authority, and asks the DHHL to submit the results of this feasibility study, along with any proposed legislation, to the Hawaii Legislature by early 2023.