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This concurrent resolution requests the City and County of Honolulu to promote and expand its Neighborhood Security Watch Program, which currently involves approximately twelve thousand residents across Oahu. The resolution seeks to establish a prototype pilot program that would provide minimal funding to support active community watch groups, specifically requesting budget allowances for program coordinators to send quarterly mailers to homes and fund regular group meetings. The program, which is currently entirely volunteer-driven, educates participants on activities like operation identification, residential security inspections, and reporting suspicious activity to emergency services. The Honolulu Police Department would be responsible for providing accounting and oversight of the pilot program, with the potential for expansion to other communities if the initial pilot proves successful. The resolution aims to strengthen community security, deter crime, and foster neighbor relationships by providing additional resources to existing volunteer-led neighborhood security watch groups.

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