Welcome to the Honolulu's Ocean Safety and Lifeguard Services Division Official page on Facebook! The purpose of this site is to present matters of public interest concerning the Department’s programs, activities, news stories, and photos. We welcome your comments, however, please note this is a moderated online discussion site and not a public forum. If you need an official source for information
about the Honolulu Ocean Safety Division please visit our website at http://www1.honolulu.gov/esd/index.htm. Comments made by the public to our page will be reviewed, and while comments will not be edited by our personnel, the Department reserves the right to remove comments that include:
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• Obscenity
• Child po*******hy
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foregoing categories. Also, please keep in mind that this an internet page on facebook.com. owns and operates facebook.com. It has its own policies and standards concerning what may, and may not, be posted and the actions that it may take with regard to unauthorized posts. See “Facebook Community Standards” at www.facebook.com/communitystandards/. The Department may also take steps to remove “robo spam” and/or comments by “social bots”
(i.e., content posted by automatic software programs, or “bots”) if necessary to ensure access for the general public. Furthermore, while we encourage debate and discussion, we respectfully request that
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