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This resolution requests the City and County of Honolulu to promote and expand its Neighborhood Security Watch Program, which currently involves approximately 12,000 Oahu residents. The resolution seeks to establish a pilot program that would provide minimal funding to support existing community-based security watch groups, specifically requesting budget allowances for quarterly mailers to homes and funding for regular group meetings. The program, coordinated by the Honolulu Police Department, currently relies entirely on community volunteers and provides education on activities like identifying suspicious behavior, conducting residential security inspections, and reporting emergencies. The resolution aims to enhance the effectiveness of these volunteer-driven security groups by providing some public resources, with the potential to expand the pilot program to other communities if it proves successful. The request includes asking the Honolulu Police Department to provide accounting and oversight of the pilot program, and the resolution calls for transmitting copies of the document to the Mayor of Honolulu, the Chief of the Honolulu Police Department, and the Chair of the Honolulu City Council.

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