 
Property Crime - Outline - 2003
BURGLARY
Barriers:
1.Drug Use
a.lack of hope
b.lack of employment
c.lack of education
2.Insufficient Government Services
a.Hawaii County Police Department
1)manpower shortage
2)police response time
3)property owner's right to protect property
c.Judicial process
d.Lack of juvenile detention center
3.Community Apathy
a.Victim and family reluctant to report crime
b.Fear of retaliation
c.Purchase of stolen property
d.Trusting people
Enablers to crime:
1.Drug houses
2.Isolation
a.Residential environment (bushes near houses conceal)
b.Unsecured property
c.Remoteness of residence
3.Waste of time to report
a.Distance from HPD station
b.Lack of witness and victim identifying suspect
c.Lack of property inventory
4.Lack of education and employment
Solutions and Reduction of Crime:
1.Personal commitment via education
2.Strengthen family core values and mentorships
a.Drug treatment programs
b.Awareness education
3.Judicial system
a.Reduce processing time from arrest to court
b.Increase sentencing time (consequences)
4.Communicate to public officials to change laws and funding
5.Neighborhood Watch, Community Policing, Communications
THEFT
Barriers:
1.Education
2.Family, Community members tolerance
3.Fear of retaliation for reporting
Enablers to crime:
1.Drug houses
2.Isolation
3.Waste of time to report
4.Lack of Education
Reduction of crime:
A. Requires community involvement:
1.YMCA/YWCA
2.Boys/Girls Club
3.Churches
4.College students
5.Nonprofit organizations
6.Community Associations
7.Businesses
8.Department of Education
9.Five Mountains
10.Hotel-Motel Association Sponsors
11.Kupuna Council
12.Native Hawaiian Groups
13.Rural Health Organization
14.News Media, newsletters
15.Website
16.Schools
a.Career training
b.21st Century learning center
c.Community Center for alternative
B.Better education for adults in community through Neighborhood Watch
C.Have ex-thief provide testimony to children
D.Have mentoring programs to educate children
E.Teach educators, parents, police how to develop responsible, civic-minded children
VANDALISM
Barriers:
1.Lack of youth activities
2.Fear of retaliation
3.Vandalism is not a high priority with police
Enablers to reducing crime:
1.More youth activities
2.Neighborhood - community information and awareness
3.Appropriate consequences for perpetrators
Chairperson of Property Crimes Task Force - Jeani Navarro
Tel: 775-8198
Kalpa51@aol.com
Cell: 938-4451
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Property Crimes Task Force Group Video Conference
When: Thursday, October 7, 2004
Time: 11:15am - 12:15pm
Where: Kealakehe Police Station and Hilo Prosecutor's Office
Property Crime Task Force
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WHT, Friday, October 10, 2003,
Teaming up against theft
Thomas Hickcox, Assistant Police Chief, Speech
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