A Lake View High School student, Heroff interned with LAC through the Leadership in the City Summer Institute, a project co-sponsored by Chicago Do Something and the Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform. Anthony Scalise of the Civil Rights Unit, Lt. Tom Northfell, the International Police Mountain Bike Association and the Law Enforcement Bicycle Association. Many unfounded case involve both a hate motivation and another motive. Chicago Police generally do not find mixed motive cases to be bona fide because of the wording of Illinois hate crime law.
Many undetermined cases involve criminal damage to property such as graffiti painted on a synagogue.
If no offender is arrested, police may not be able to determine a precise hate motivation behind the crime. Commission on Human Relations include all reported hate crimes. Bona Fide, Unfounded and Undetermined cases resulted in nearly the same arrest rates. N. Sheffield Ave., Chicago, IL 60657.