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West Hollywood Station Unit Orders

Unit Order 50 - Hate Incident Reporting Procedure


Unit Order 49 - Trusty Dorm Checks
Unit Order 51 - Significant Force Incidents at Universal Sub-Station

PURPOSE:

The following order has been established in an effort to set the guidelines to be followed when reporting Hate Incidents.

SCOPE:

Hate Incidents occurring within the City of West Hollywood must be documented on the modified SH-R-49 Hate Incident "check-off" report. The order shall take effect immediately.

ORDER:

Definitions:

HATE CRIME
A criminal action designed to frighten, harm, injure, intimidate or harass an individual or group, in whole or in part, because of a bias motivation against the actual or perceived race, religion, ethnic/national origin, sexual orientation, gender, or disability of the victim.

HATE INCIDENT
A derogatory action or statement directed to or about a protected class that may be offensive or insulting, but is not accompanied by a threat of harm with the ability to carry it out, and therefore not criminal by itself.

Hate incidents include, but are not limited to, the following:

  1. An utterance of epithets.
  2. Distribution of hate materials in public places.
  3. Posting of hate materials in public places

  4. The display of offensive materials on one's own property.

DEPUTIES RESPONSIBILITIES:

In the event that a deputy responds to a call for service and determines that a Hate Incident has occurred, the modified SH-R-49 Hate Incident ..check-off'' report shall be filled out and submitted to the shift Watch Sergeant for approval. If it is determined that an actual Hate Crime or additional crimes have occurred, a complete SH-R-49 must be filled out and submitted.

When completing the modified Hate Incident report, fill out page 1 and page 2 of the form. No additional statistical pages are needed. Note: There are no"victims" or "suspects" on a non-criminal report, so list the informant on the face page and a brief description of the offending parties on page 2 in the space provided.

This modified form was designed to assist in proper reporting and statistical follow-up of all Hate Incidents without burdening deputies with the task of completing a full SH-R-49 for a non-criminal event.


SERGEANT'S RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Watch Sergeant is responsible to approve and sign all submitted Hate Incident reports and then notify the Watch Commander as soon as possible.


WATCH COMMANDER'S RESPONSIBILITIES:

A log entry shall be made in the Watch Commander's Shift Summary Log with a brief description of the Hate Incident and the associated file number. Note: A Department Ops Log entry and Chiefs Memo must be submitted for all Hate Crimes, but is not to be submitted for Hate Incidents.