PROPOSAL IN THE STATE IS
LOOKING TO DO.
THIS COMES ONE MONTH AFTER A
LOCAL COFFEE FARM WAS HIT.
KIMBERLEE SPEAKMAN HAS MORE IN A
NEW STORY AT 9.
KIMBERLEE SPEAKMAN, WAHIAWA:
FROM COFFEE BEANS TO PAPAYA
FRUIT, ONE NEW PROPOSAL IN THE
STATE LEGISLATURE IS LOOKING TO
CREATE AN ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM TO
CATCH THOSE THIEVES AND VANDALS
DOING THE CRIME."
SEN. DONOVAN DELA CRUZ, D
WAHIAWA, MILILANI MAUKA: "IF
WE'RE SERIOUS DOUBLING FOOD
PRODUCTION AND INCREASING OUR
AGRICULTURE
ACTIVITY, THEN SECURITY IS GOING
TO HAVE TO PLAY A BIGGER ROLE."
WHILE THERE'S CURRENTLY A PILOT
PROJECT ON MAUI AND THE BIG
ISLAND TO HAVE AN AGRICULTURAL
INVESTIGATOR WORK ON THESE KINDS
OF ISSUES...DELA CRUZ WANTS TO
CREATE A WHOLE NEW BRANCH OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT UNDER THE DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE.
SEN. DONOVAN DELA CRUZ: "I THINK
FOR CENTRAL OAHU THEY'RE GOING
TO NEED A STAFF OF AT LEAST A
DOZEN PEOPLE. THEY'RE TALKING
42-HUNDRED
ACRES."
MODELED AFTER THE DEPARTMENT OF
LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES
ENFORCEMENT, THESE OFFICERS
WOULD PATROL FARM LANDS AND
WOULD BE THE SOLE AGENCY TO
INVESTIGATE AGRICULTURE THEFTS
AND VANDALISM.
SE. DONOVAN DELA CRUZ: "IN
SPEAKING WITH SOME STAFF WITH
THE DEP OF AG AND SPEAKING WITH
FARMERS, THEY'VE ASKED FOR THIS
KIND
OF SYSTEM."
SEN. DONOVAN DELA CRUZ: "IT
NEEDS TO BE OFFICERS FAMILIAR
WITH THE LAY OF THE LAND,
FAMILIAR WITH CERTAIN FARMERS
FAMILIAR WITH WHERE THE HOT
SPOTS ARE SO THAT WHEN THERE IS
CRIME, THEY CAN TRACK IT EASY."
HALA TREE COFFEE OWNER, JEAN
ORLOWSKI HAD 40-THOUSAND DOLLARS
WORTH OF COFFEE STOLEN A FEW
STILL DON'T KNOW WHO STOLE THE
COFFEE. BUT HE HOPES MORE
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WILL MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
JEAN ORLOWSKI, HALA TREE COFFEE:
"WE NEED TO PUT PRESSURE ON
WHOEVER IS BUYING THIS STOLEN
COFFEE BECAUSE THERE MUST BE
SOME BUYER
SOMEWHERE."
JEAN ORLOWSKI: "EVERYTHING WILL
HELP. I THINK THE MORE PRESSURE
WE PUT ON THOSE BUYERS WHOEVER
THEY ARE, I THINK BY HAVING
SOMEBODY
DEDICATED, THIS PERSON WILL
REALLY KNOW THE ENVIRONMENT."
KIMBERLEE SPEAKMAN: "AS FOR HOW
MUCH THIS KIND OF ENFORCEMENT
PROGRAM COULD COST, SENATOR DELA
CRUZ TELLS ME THATS SOMETHING
THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON.
REPORTING FROM WAHIAWA KIMBERLEE
SPEAKMAN, KHON2 NEWS, WORKING
FOR HAWAII."
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