Chapter 10.55 — PREJUDICE-BASED CRIMES

The police department shall collect and analyze data relating to crimes motivated by prejudice based on race, religion, ethnic origin, national origin, sexual orientation and physical or mental disability and shall provide such data to the city's human relations commission on a monthly basis. This data shall include information concerning: (1) the area of the city in which the crime occurred; (2) the characteristics of the perpetrator and the victim (e.g., race, religion, suspected hate group, etc.); and (3) the nature of the crime. The crimes with respect to which such data shall be acquired are as follows: homicide, assault, robbery, burglary, theft, arson, vandalism, trespass, threat, and such other crimes as the police department considers appropriate. The police department shall develop and implement appropriate procedures for the collection of such data from crime reports involving incidents motivated by prejudice based on race, religion, ethnic origin, national origin, sexual orientation and physical or mental disability.

The police chief shall report the occurrence of any such prejudice-based crime incidents to the mayor and to the chair of the human relations commission within three business days after the report of such incident to the police department or the police department's awareness of any such crime.

(Ord. 92-4 Div. 2 (part), 1992.)