Meeting with ACLU Hawaii

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Arrange a meeting with ACLU Hawaii

POC: Shayna

Link: https://www.acluhi.org/

Goal

Gain context on some of the questions they have:

How many (if any…) calls resulted in people being connected to mental health, housing, or food services?
How many calls resulted in CORE or SOS workers responding to the call alongside police?
How many calls are related to violent offenses? 
How many calls are related to “nonviolent” offenses? 
Out of the 10.3 million arrests made per year by police, only 5 percent of those are for the most serious crimes (rape, murder, aggravated assault, etc.). The remaining 95 percent are a mixture of offenses that are unnecessarily criminalized and offenses that could have been prevented with investments to address poverty, drug and alcohol addiction, education, and joblessness. This means that police dedicate the majority of their time arresting people for non-serious offenses or those that would not have taken place absent our massive societal overinvestment in police at the expense of all else.
In 2019, Honolulu/HPD had an overall clearance rate of 7.8% for all 2019 crimes, including 30.4% of violent crimes and less than 6% of property crimes.
Nationwide, only 5% of all arrests made in 2018 involved alleged violent crimes and only 4% of what police spend their time doing overall involves enforcing violent crime. Meanwhile, the vast majority of arrests are for low-level, non-violent activities in encounters that often escalate to deadly force.
How many 911 calls end in arrests? Felony convictions? Citations?
What are the ages and races of people cited and/or arrested? 
Youth vs Adult vs Senior 
White vs BIPOC
What are the ages and races of suspects reported on call? (Are the suspect’s race an entry that the police input or the dispatch?)
Youth vs Adult vs Senior 
White vs BIPOC
What are the racial disparities among Native Hawaiian, Samoan, Micronesian, Filipino, Black and white people making 911 calls? 
What areas are 911 calls being placed? 
What times are 911 calls being placed? 
What response do the 911 dispatch often deploy? What are the less common responses?
How many 911 calls are a response to someone experiencing a mental health crisis? 
Did it result in arrest, institutionalization, or hospitalization? 
How many 911 calls businesses and/or community members reporting a person experiencing houselessness (i.e. sleeping on the sidewalk, etc)?