Waikiki residents take control of streets with new volunteer program

Published: Aug 25, 2024 Duration: 00:01:08 Category: News & Politics

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>> AND AND WAIKIKI TODAY THEY WERE USING MANPOWER IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE THE STREETS OF WAIKIKI SAFER. >> IT WAS THE RELAUNCH OF THE WAIKIKI CITIZENS PATROL AND IT WAS HARD TO MISS THEM WITH THEIR BRIGHT YELLOW SHIRTS. THE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE, BUT PARTICIPATION WAS DWINDLING. SO HPD AND THE WAIKIKI BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT COLLABORATED TO KICK START THE PROGRAM WITH OF GET BIGGER PUSH. >> REALLY, THERE'S A LOT MORE TO IT. WE'VE GOT HOTELS. WE'VE GOT BUSINESSES. WE HAVE PUBLIC OFFICIALS. SO THE WHOLE IDEA IS TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE FROM OUR COMMUNITY AS MANY COMPONENTS THAT COME TOGETHER, COMMUNITY WALKS THINK THAT SENDS A MESSAGE TO THE COMMUNITY. IT SENDS A MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE CAUSING THE TROUBLE TO STILL KNOCK IT OFF AND THIS IS A SAFE COMMUNITY. SO REALLY EXCITED TO BRING IT BACK IN MY I'M HERE TO BE A PART OF >> ENGAGING IN THE COMMUNITY. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO ACTIVELY INVOLVED. >> A CRIME OVERALL IS DOWN IN WAIKIKI. BUT ORGANIZERS HOPE TO CONTINUE THE MOMENTUM OF

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