Committee on Homeland Security, Justice, & Public Safety - Legislature of the United States Virgin Islands Close About Us History Functions and Structure FY 2026 Budget Honor Roll Rules of the 36th Legislative Youth Advisory Council Application Careers Archives Legislative Archives Tours × St. Thomas Senators  St. John Senators  St.Croix Senators  Districts All Senators St. Croix St. Thomas - St. John Senator at Large × Committees Committee of the Whole Budget, Appropriation and Finance Culture, Youth, Aging, Sports, and Parks Disaster Recovery, Infrastructure and Planning Economic Development and Agriculture Education and Workforce Development Government Operations, Veteran Affairs and Consumer Protection Health, Hospitals and Human Services Homeland Security, Justice and Public Safety Housing, Transportation and Telecommunications Rules and Judiciary Session Folder × No event found! Calendars Bi-Weekly Senate Calendar Session Agenda × General Senators Committees Media Calendars Contact Committee on Homeland Security, Justice, & Public Safety Please be advised that the 35th Legislature’s Committee on Homeland Security, Justice, & Public Safety has scheduled a legislative committee hearing for 10:00 a.m., Thursday, November 9, 2023, in the Cleone H. Creque Legislative Conference Room on St. John. This is an in-person hearing. The agenda is as follows: BLOCK I 10:00 A.M. Bill 35-0175 An Act amending Title 23 Virgin Islands Code, chapter 11, relating to emergency communications during an emergency and major disasters by adding a subchapter II establishing an Auxiliary Communications Unit within the Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency Management Agency and providing an auxiliary communications resource to any department agency and autonomous or semi-autonomous instrumentality of the Government of the Virgin Islands. Invited Testifiers: Mr. Reynaldo Bess, President, St. Croix Amateur Radio Club Mr. Fred Kleber, Manager, American Radio Relay League Mr. Reynold St. Louis, Retired 1SG, Virgin Islands National Guard Ms. Celia Kalousek, Board Member, Voluntary Org Active in Disaster Mr. Steve Deblasio, Assistant Director, VITEMA Bill 35-0086 An Act amending Title 3, V.I.C., chapter 1, section 10h to require background checks for all IT personnel and employees of the Bureau of Information Technology, agencies that have data centers, and any employee who handles confidential information. Invited Testifiers: Mr. Rupert Ross, Director, Bureau of Information Technology The Honorable Ray Martinez, Commissioner, V.I. Police Department Mr. Steve Deblasio, Assistant Director, VITEMA Mr. Carlton Dowe, Executive Director, V.I. Port Authority Mr. Andrew Smith, CEO, V. I. Water and Power Authority Ms. Regina Petersen, Administrator, V.I. Judiciary Mrs. Kurell Sheridan, Executive Director, V.I. Legislature Ms. Cindy Richardson, Director, Division of Personnel Bill 35-0131 An Act amending Title 3 V.I.C., Ch. 15 to establish a “Real Crime Center, Centralized Crime Data System within the Virgin Islands Police Department”. BLOCK II 2:00 P.M. Public Safety Update: This update intends to provide an overview of and security on the island of St. John. Officials and community members have been invited to provide testimony in order to facilitate a constructive and collaborative discussion in light of recent criminal activity reported in St. John. Invited Testifiers: Honorable Ray Martinez, Commissioner, V.I. Police Department Mr. Bob Malacarne, President, St. John Rescue + Add to Google Calendar + iCal / Outlook export Tags: Andrew Smith , Bill 35-0086 , Bill 35-0131 , Bill 35-0175 , Bob Malacarne , Carlton Dowe , Celia Kalousek , Cindy Richardson , Fred Kleber , Kurell Sheridan , public safety , Ray Martinez , Regina Petersen , Reynaldo Bess , Reynold St. Louis , Rupert Ross , Steve Deblasio Date Nov 09 2023 Expired! Time 10:00 am Location Cleone H. Creque Legislative Conference Room Category Homeland Security, Justice and Public Safety Organizer Senator Kenneth L. Gittens Phone (340) 773-2424 Email senatorgittens@legvi.org Quick Links Home Senators Committees Media News Contact Important Links Revised Organic Act of 1954 (PDF) 36th Oath of Office Booklet 100 Day Report Rules of the 36th Public Information or Archives Request Search for: Follow Follow Follow Follow