Topic: hate crimes

Increases the scope and punishment of hate crimes,requires the State Bureau of Investigation to create and maintain a hate crimes statistics database,requires the North Carolina Justice Academy to develop and provide law enforcement officers with training on identifying, responding to, and reporting hate crimes,requires the Conference of District Attorneys of North Carolina to develop and provide training to prosecutors on how to prosecute hate crimes.

Increases the scope and punishment of hate crimes,requires the State Bureau of Investigation to create and maintain a hate crimes statistics database,requires the North Carolina Justice Academy to develop and provide law enforcement officers with training on identifying, responding to, and reporting hate crimes,requires the conference of district attorneys of North Carolina to develop and provide training to prosecutors on how to prosecute hate crimes.

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012, provides that independent of any criminal prosecution or the result of a criminal prosecution, any person suffering injury as a result of a hate crime may bring a civil action for damages, injunction or other appropriate relief if the hate crime was caused by disorderly conduct committed by transmitting or causing to be transmitted in any manner to any peace officer, public officer or public employee.
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Requires the department to carry out various duties relating to documenting and responding to hate crimes, including conducting reviews of all law enforcement agencies every 3 years to evaluate the accuracy of hate crime data provided and agencies’ hate crime policies, implementing a school-based program in conjunction with school districts and local law enforcement agencies aimed at educating students regarding how to report all suspected hate crimes to prevent future hate crimes, submitting specified hate crime reports to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for inclusion in the national crime repository for crime data, and sending advisory notices to law enforcement agencies when the department determines that hate crimes are being committed in multiple jurisdictions. The bill would also include a statement of legislative findings and declarations.

Requires the Police Training and Standards Commission to require entrance level and in service police training conducted by the state and each county and municipal police training school to include in their curriculum training relating to the criminal laws concerning recognition of, reporting of, and response to hate crimes.

Requires the Police Training and Standards Commission to require entrance level and in service police training conducted by the state and each county and municipal police training school to include in their curriculum training relating to the criminal laws concerning recognition of, reporting of, and response to hate crimes.