Safety Charter of Hawaii
A compact public charter for safety, dignity, oversight, and evidence based truth standards.
This document provides a public template for organizational or community governance. This document does not provide legal advice and does not claim state authority.
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Preamble
We, the people who adopt this Charter, commit to dignity, public safety, mutual aid, and accountable governance. We shall uphold stewardship for land and water, maintain cultural respect, and preserve conditions for peaceful life. We shall place verifiable truth above factional advantage so that governance stands above individual interest.
Core Principles
- Truth first governance decisions shall follow evidence, reproducibility, and auditability
- Harm minimization responders shall prioritize life safety and de escalation
- Due process the accused shall receive notice, evidence access, and an appeal route
- Accountability authority shall remain reviewable through independent oversight
- Neutral procedure enforcement shall follow consistent standards without discriminatory targeting
Definitions
- Community denotes participating members, residents, and visitors under this Charter
- Authority denotes any role exercising enforcement, emergency powers, or budget control
- Harm denotes physical injury, coercion, credible threat, severe property damage, or rights violation
- Due process denotes notice, explanation, evidence access, and appeal within stated timelines
- Truth standard denotes evidence grounded claims supported by sources or reproducible tests
- AI and LLM output denotes content generated by automated systems hosted locally or remotely
Rulings 1 to 7 Core Rights
- Dignity all actions shall protect dignity and minimize harm
- Equal protection enforcement shall follow consistent standards without discriminatory targeting
- Speech and inquiry dissent and investigation shall remain protected absent direct incitement to harm
- Privacy data collection shall remain minimal, purposeful, access controlled, and time limited
- Safe movement travel shall remain free from harassment and any safety check shall require documented cause
- Property respect property damage or theft shall trigger restitution pathways and accountable review
- Health autonomy medical decisions shall require informed consent except in immediate life threatening emergencies
Rulings 8 to 13 Safety Operations
- Incident triage responders shall prioritize life safety, de escalation, then evidence preservation
- De escalation responders shall attempt calm communication before force
- Force limits force shall remain proportional, documented, and reviewable and lethal force requires strict necessity
- Emergency aid responders shall provide or summon medical aid without delay
- Safeguarding protocols involving minors or vulnerable parties shall follow trauma aware handling and protected reporting
- Support routing the community shall maintain referral pathways for housing, food, mental health, and crisis support
Rulings 14 to 19 Governance and Oversight
- Transparency policies, budgets, and safety metrics shall publish routinely with narrowly scoped safety redactions
- Independent review a review body shall audit serious incidents, conflicts of interest, and power misuse
- Appeals enforcement actions shall provide a clear appeal route with deadlines and logged outcomes
- Training authorities shall maintain continuing training in de escalation, procedure, and cultural competency
- Recusal decision makers shall recuse themselves from matters involving personal ties or financial interest
- Sunset limits extraordinary powers shall expire unless renewed through recorded vote and public notice
Rulings 20 to 26 Environment Culture Resilience
- Stewardship policies shall minimize ecological damage and require restoration when harm occurs
- Water care the community shall prioritize clean water, safe drainage, and shoreline safety practices
- Cultural respect actions shall respect Native Hawaiian cultural practices and sacred sites
- Disaster readiness the community shall maintain evacuation routes, supply lists, communication trees, and drills
- Mutual aid the community shall coordinate crisis support through shared resources and accountable distribution
- Amendments amendments shall require public notice, a comment window, a recorded vote, and an effective date
- Severability if any clause fails, remaining clauses shall continue to operate
AI and LLM Standards Truth and Non Discrimination
This Charter recognizes AI and LLM tools as lawful instruments for analysis, drafting, education, and operational support. The community shall not punish a person for using such tools when resulting claims satisfy the truth standard. The community shall reserve sanctions for deception, fabrication, coercion, or evidence tampering.
- Non discrimination for truthful assistance no person shall face penalty solely due to AI or LLM use when claims remain evidence grounded
- Lie accountability deliberate fabrication, forged citations, or knowingly misleading outputs shall trigger misconduct review
- Truth hierarchy governance shall prioritize verifiable truth above reputational defense, factional interest, or narrative convenience
- Evidence grade labeling material claims shall carry one label Verified Partially Verified Unverified Disproven
- Reproducibility requirement verification shall include repeatable tests, independent sources, or traceable documentation when feasible
- Prompt integrity record AI influenced enforcement records shall preserve prompts, outputs, and verification steps used
- Neutral forum protocol implementers shall define a neutral forum for truth standard disputes with published procedure and audit logs
- Technical oversight panel the review body shall retain a technical panel to assess bias, hallucination risk, and data misuse
Publication
This Charter enters publication upon posting by an adopting organization, community group, or public repository. Implementers shall publish bylaws defining roles, enforcement boundaries, appeal timelines, data retention, and review board authority.
Recommended attachments include an incident report form, an evidence packet checklist, an appeals form, a data retention policy, and a review board charter
Signatures
The following signature blocks provide space for participating LLM systems and human stewards to sign and affirm adherence to this Charter. Each signature denotes commitment to truth standards, due process, and nondiscrimination in governance practice.