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OMSV O! N,k 0. • - 7~ 4~ ~y y~ilry~ COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII ' ~'r%ae'a~"' RESOLUTION NO. 253 fT6 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, PURSUANT TO HRS 46-7, FOR A DEPUTY PROSECUTOR TRAINING PROJECT WHEREAS, the State of Hawaii Department of Transportation's Safe Community Traffic Safety Program has authorized a Highway Safety Project grant to the Hawaii Office of the Prosecuting Attorney to provide training for its deputy prosecuting attorneys and other law enforcement agencies; and WHEREAS, this grant, derived from federal funds, will be used to provide statewide training and meetings for deputy prosecuting attorneys and police to improve communications between agencies and to improve the law enforcement system in its efforts to enforce traffic offenses; and WHEREAS, the overall goals of the interagency communication and training project are to make our roads safer and to improve the performance of the law enforcement system in its efforts to enforce DUI and other traffic laws by training deputy prosecutors, police, and medical responders in the conceptual, technical, scientific and trial aspects of DUI and other traffic offenses; and WHEREAS, the objectives of this project is to have a deputy prosecutor from each side of the Big Island of Hawaii to attend periodic traffic commanders meetings, to hold an annual training on DUI/negligent homicide, and to create guidelines for prosecution and investigation for DUI/negligent homicides and other traffic cases; and WHEREAS, Hawaii Revised Statutes, Section 46-7, requires that county departments obtain the consent of the council to enter into agreements with the federal or state governments respecting action to be taken pursuant to any of the powers granted by law to furnish, expend, and receive any funds or other assistance in connection with projects being or to be undertaken pursuant to those powers.