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SUBJECT FINAL REPORT
Name of Grant Program: School Crossing Guard
State Department of Transportation Public
Federal or State Grantor: Affairs-Safe Community Program
County Grantee Department/Agency: County Police Department
Grant No.: PS03-08(01-H-01)
Amount of Grant: $792.00
Amount of County Match: None
County Revenue & Expenditures Acct 010-201-5216.01 & 3303.10
Grant Period: October 1, 2002-September 30, 2003
Goals: See attached
Objectives: See attached
Outcomes or Results: See attached.
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SAFE COMMUNITY HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAM
QUARTERLY REPORT
HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT
PROJECT TITLE: SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD TRAINING
Priority Area: I Area: Pedestrian Safety
SOLUTION
To increase pedestrian safety in school zones:
1. Provide two training sessions, one in East Hawaii and one in West Hawaii, consisting
of a two-hour pedestrian safety course to 40 school crossing guards and atwo-hour
senior citizen pedestrian safety course for senior citizen organizations.
2. Conduct training sessions in August 2003 and August 2004.
3. Utilize overtime to fund two coordinators for these trainings.
4. Hawaii County Police Department to fund program afrer first three years (This is the
second year of the three-year program).
5. Hawaii County Police Department to provide facilities for training sessions.
6. School Crossing Guard coordinator or designee will conduct 4 school crossing guazd
inspections per month utilizing County funds.
State Goals and Objectives of Project.
The goal of this project is to increase pedestrian safety in the 20 school zones serviced by
school crossing guards and amongst senior citizens.
The objective of this project is to provide pedestrian safety training to 40-school crossing
guards and to the various senior citizen groups and senior citizens island wide.
GRANT PERIOD RESULTS:
(FINAL REPORT):
• School Crossing guard training conducted on July 24, 2003 in West Hawaii and
July 29, 2003 in East Hawaii. A total of 41 guazds received training.
• Conducted 130 school crossing guard inspections utilizing County funds.
SUMMARY
Two training sessions were conducted, one in East Hawaii and one in West Hawaii, at
which forty-one school crossing guards received training in safe crossing techniques,
pedestrian safety, and administration of the school crossing guazd program.
Additionally, police officers and Traffic Services staff conducted 130 inspections of
school crossing guards throughout the grant period. This including providing in-service
training when necessazy.
Complaints against school crossing guards have declined from 13 in the 2000-01 fiscal
year to 8 in the 2002-03 fiscal year.