LAPD’s Hate Crime Resources

LAPD’s Hate Crimes Resource Pamphlet

As many of us has experienced hate-filled flyers targeting certain religious groups occasionally distributed on our roads and driveways, it is important to know the facts about hate crimes and hate incidents.  Knowing the facts places the community in a better position to recognize hate crimes and hate incidents as a very serious community problem.

There are hate crimes and hate incident and both can be reported to LAPD, where officers will take a report for either or both.

So when you’re walking down the street, whether you’re white, black, Hispanic, LBGTQ or whatever group to which you relate, if someone comes up and they call you an ethnic slur or something that is based on the way you look, religion, or perceived ethnicity — just the racial slur or epithet itself — would be considered a hate incident. So, you certainly are entitled to report that to LAPD and that gives LAPD, while they cannot investigate it as a crime, it gives them an idea of what is happening within our city.

Hate incidents can lead to hate crimes.

LAPD is encouraging people to report those incidents.

Note: If you are the vicitm of a hate incident and LAPD officers respond and say there is nothing they can do, ask to speak to their supervisor — it is really that simple. The supervisor will understand the policy.

To learn more about the difference about “hate crimes” and “hate incidents,” and how to properly report them, please click here to read the LAPD pamphlet.

If you feel you were a victim of a hate crime, click here.

Hate Crime - California Assembly Bills 2282 and 485 information, link here.