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### Combatting Bias-Related Crimes

 September 2017 | Volume 10 | Issue 9

It is vital  to cultivate healing, inclusion, and empowerment when a bias-related crime  occurs in the community. When a community is impacted, it is crucial for law enforcement and community members to collaborate in order to build bridges and initiate the healing process. The U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented  Policing Services (COPS Office) provides resources and assistance for law  enforcement agencies and communities in the prevention and investigation of  hate and bias-related crimes.The available  COPS Office funded resources are organized below by audience and purpose:

### Law  Enforcement Training

          - *Lessons from a Hate Crime Detective  Police Detective*  (film, 7:25) is a roll-call film about lessons learned for law enforcement,  demonstrating how to identify, investigate, and address hate crimes before they  escalate to violence.
          *Lessons from a Hate Crime Detective: A  Guide for Law Enforcement*
is designed as a tool to help law  enforcement representatives facilitate discussions and training sessions in  conjunction with screenings of the Not In Our Town film, 
Lessons From a Hate Crime Detective
.
*Lessons from a Hate Crime Detective: A Guide for Community Screenings*
is designed as a tool to help  community groups facilitate discussions and training sessions in conjunction  with screenings of the Not In Our Town film, 
Lessons  From a Hate Crime Detective
.

          - *Problem Oriented Policing Guide: Hate  Crimes*  describes the problem and reviews  factors that increase its risks. It then identifies a series of questions to  help police analyze local hate crime problems and reviews what is known about  responses to the problem from evaluative research and police practice.

### General  Community

          - *Building Stronger, Safer Communities:  A Guide for Law Enforcement and Community Partners to Prevent and Respond to  Hate Crimes*  offers leadership strategies and  actionable tactics to help law enforcement agencies work with community  partners. 
          - *Building Relationships of Trust*  toolkit details information law enforcement officers and  community members should consider when trying to build trusting relationships.
          - *Waking in Oak Creek*  (film, 33:38) profiles a suburban town rocked by hate after six  worshippers at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin are killed by a white supremacist.  After one of the deadliest hate crime attacks in recent U.S. history, the film  highlights a community and law enforcement agency working together to overcome  tragedy, stand up to hate, and create a safe town for all.
          *Waking in Oak Creek: A Guide for Community Screenings*
 is designed to help community groups  facilitate discussions and training sessions.
*Waking in Oak Creek: A Guide for Law Enforcement*
 is designed to help law enforcement  representatives facilitate discussions and training sessions.
*Waking in Oak Creek: Hate Crimes –  Important Facts for Officers Leading Discussions of the Film*
 is a  compilation of facts about hate crimes that complement the film 
Waking in Oak Creek
 and its accompanying  guide.

          - *Manhattan Beach*  (film, 13:08) is a portrait of a community grappling with a  suspected hate crime after an African American family’s home was set on fire in  Manhattan Beach, CA. This film explores the unique aspects of addressing the  needs of the victims and healing of communities in the aftermath of hate  violence.
          - *Not In Our Town: On the Ground with Law Enforcement*  (film, 9:18) is a series of three films focused on the  importance of creating relationships between law enforcement and communities to  deter and take a stand against hate violence.
          - *Not In Our Town: Light in the Darkness  – A Guide for Law Enforcement*  identifies discussion questions and  community policing best practices for law enforcement representatives  organizing internal agency screenings or community screenings of the PBS  documentary film  Not In Our Town: Light  in the Darkness , which profiles a town taking action after anti-immigrant  violence devastates the community.

### Youth  Specific

          - *Preventing and Addressing Bullying and  Intolerance: A Guide for Law Enforcement*  is  intended to be a primary resource for law enforcement officers who play a large  role in helping to educate and support children and adults about: the problems  resulting from bullying, teasing, and all forms of bias; ways to prevent and  intervene in bullying situations; and how to break cycles of bullying and  transform student behavior.
          - *Beyond the Badge: Profile of a School  Resource Officer*  (film, 17:00) focuses on conversations  in law enforcement agencies, schools, and communities about the role SROs can  play in improving relationships between students and law enforcement and  mentoring and supporting young people as they navigate conflicts and  interactions with the justice system.
          *Beyond the Badge: Profile of a School Resource Office – A Guide for School Communities*
 is  meant to help community groups facilitate discussions and training sessions in  conjunction with screenings of the Not In Our Town film 
Beyond the Badge: Profile of a School Resource Officer
.
*Beyond the Badge: Profile of a School  Resource Officer – A Guide for Law Enforcement*
 is  meant to help law enforcement representatives facilitate discussions and  training sessions in conjunction with screenings of the Not In Our Town film 
Beyond the Badge: Profile of a School  Resource Officer
.

          - Moses Robinson: School Guardian  (film, 9:50)  is  part of a series of films focused on  helping law enforcement and students work together on improving relationships  and building trust.

### College  Communities

          - *A Bowling Green Legacy*  (film, 13:12) follows the actions of students working with administrators, law  enforcement, and community members to forge new bonds after racially charged  actions shake their community.
          *A Bowling Green Legacy: A Guide for  Law Enforcement and Communities*
 is designed as a tool for law  enforcement and community stakeholders to facilitate discussions in conjunction  with screenings of the Not In Our Town film, 
A Bowling Green Legacy
.

### Other  Partners

          - *A Prosecutor’s Stand*  (film, 21:13) follows a prosecutor bringing hate crime charges  against perpetrators who brutally attacked a Mayan dishwasher, an African-American  homeless man, and a transgender woman.
          *A Prosecutor’s Stand: A Guide for Community Screenings*
 is designed to help law enforcement  representatives facilitate discussions and training sessions in conjunction  with screenings of the Not In Our Town film 
A  Prosecutor's Stand
.
*A Prosecutor’s Stand: A Guide for Law Enforcement*
 is designed to help law enforcement representatives  facilitate discussions and training sessions in conjunction with screenings of  the Not In Our Town film 
A Prosecutor's  Stand
. 
*A Prosecutor’s Stand: Hate Crimes –  Important Facts for Officers Leading Discussions of the Film*
 is a  compilation of facts about hate crimes that complement the film, 
A Prosecutor's Stand
, and its accompanying guide. 

By working  together, law enforcement and community members can build bridges for healing.

Nazmia E.A. Comrie          Senior Program Analyst        The COPS Office
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