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county police expenditures that include many anti-drug prograzns such as the state's drug
<br /> interdiction program at the Honolulu airport. It also facilitates national comparisons.8
<br /> Following the methodology above, the expenditures on enforcement that would be
<br /> reduced by decriminalization are approximately $4.2 million per yeaz. Note that the data
<br /> ® fluctuate around this number over several yeazs. Because Hawaii does not have the same
<br /> sort of statewide law enforcement agencies other states do, this is a burden in Hawaii
<br /> primarily for county govermnent.9
<br /> Table 1
<br /> State of Hawai i Possession Arrests, Total Arrest, Percent of Total Arrests,
<br /> Police Bud ets and Cost of Possession Enforcement
<br /> Arrests Percent State and Cost of
<br /> Marijuana Total Marijuana Local Police Possession
<br /> Year Possession Arrests Possession Bud ets Enforcement
<br /> W. 1997 1,411 70,060 2.01%$192,287,000 $3,872,637
<br /> .e 1998 1,257 63,208 1.99% $207,743,000 $4,131,328
<br /> 1998 1,232 61,393 2.01% $221,151,000 $4,434,331
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<br /> 2000 1,152 64,685 1.72% $221,899,000 $3,951,884
<br /> ^ 2001 1,142 60,177 1.90%NA NA
<br /> 2002 1,032 63,021 1.64%$254,636,000 $4,169,790
<br /> 2003 1,098 58,722 1.87% NA NA
<br /> 2004 1,054 58,547 1.80%263,768,000 $4,748,518
<br /> ' Sources: Arrests from HawaP i State Department of the Attorney General, "Crime in Hawaii,'
<br /> ham://hawaii.govlag/~ia/main/rs/Folder.2005-12-05.2910; Police Budgets, U. S. Census Bureau,
<br /> Federal State and Local Governments, State Government Finances,
<br /> http://www.census.gov/govs/www/state.html
<br /> Related to the arrest statistics are the criminal proceedings that follow. The U. S.
<br /> Census Bureau reports that during the fiscal yeaz 2001-2002 the budget for state and
<br /> county judicial and legal services was $213, 854,000.10 Approximately 1 % of the total
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<br /> s For example police budgets are available in county Comprehensive Annual Financial
<br /> "r Rye orts. Summing these county numbers does not always produce identical results due
<br /> to minor differences in definitions between county reports.
<br /> 9 The Hawaii State Department of Public Safety participates with local and federal
<br /> a~encies in statewide drug enforcement and interdiction efforts.
<br /> ~ This includes state judiciary expenses, county prosecutors' offices, drug courts and the
<br /> r attorney general's office. Probation and investigation related to sentencing is also part of
<br /> this budget. For 2001-2002 see:
<br /> http://www.census.gov/govs/estimate/0212his1 l.html
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