Laramie, WY Bias Crime Reporting

Laramie, Wyoming Bias Crime Reporting

Type: Ordinance

Status: Adopted

Date: 2000

Ordinance text:

9.08.020 Bias crime reporting. The city manager or his designee shall:

A. Establish guidelines for the collection of bias crime data, including the criteria which must be present to find evidence of prejudice;

B. Provide training for police officers and other personnel for identifying bias crimes;

C. Require the chief of police or his designee to acquire data on the incidence of bias crimes in the city; and

D. Provide a statistical summary of data annually, for inclusion in the city council’s minutes, concerning the incidence of bias crime in the city, and make available a summary of actions taken under this section