Hate Crime
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Hate Crime - Programs

This section provides examples of State and local programs and initiatives available online.

Bureau of Justice Assistance
The Bureau of Justice Assistance provided funding to the Omaha, NE Police Department and Omaha Human Relations Department, in partnership with the Community Coordinating Council Against Hate Crimes, to develop a detailed strategy to address hate crimes. The project is expected to increase both public awareness and the reporting of hate crimes. The Community Coordinating Council, acting on behalf of the partnership, will report on neighborhood problems, conduct meetings, provide training on hate crimes, and serve as the single point of contact to distribute educational information.

Coalition Against Hate Crimes
The Coalition Against Hate Crimes (CAHC) was started by the American Jewish Committee in Portland, Oregon. The first meeting was held early October 1997. Members are representatives from a wide variety of community and government organizations. The mission of CAHC is to use the moral authority of the Coalition and its members to give expression to the community conscience as spelled out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its covenants.

The Intelligence Project
The Intelligence Project tracks the activities of more than 600 racist and neo-Nazi groups. Auburn University Montgomery (AUM), in cooperation with the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC), have launched a new approach to hate crime training - an online program that offers law enforcement officers college credit and continuing education credit, as well as FLETC recognition.

Racial and Religious Violence and Harassment
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) funded the National Organization for Black Law Enforcement Executives to develop model policy and procedures to aid law enforcement officers when responding to hate crimes. They also have worked with and interviewed a number of law enforcement officials and community representatives and visited police agencies around the country to explore existing law enforcement responses. A symposium on the topic brought together law enforcement officials, human relations specialists, lawyers, and policymakers to discuss methods and strategies to improve law enforcement’s response to the problem.

Stop the Hate - Train the Trainer Program
This program supports colleges and universities in preventing and combating bias and hate crimes on campus. The Stop The Hate Program allows top administrators, student affairs professionals, faculty and students to learn new innovative tools to take action on hate crimes and bias-motivated violence issues on his/her campus and region.

A World of Difference Institute
The Anti-Defamation League offers specially designed training programs for law enforcement professionals. These programs help develop awareness and skills for working within a highly pluralistic society; identify and report hate crimes; examine how antibias skills affect law enforcement work, especially regarding hate crimes; and examine appropriate responses to on-the-job situations, using case studies and large and small discussion groups.

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