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Laramie police report three potential bias-related crimes in 2024, urge reporting and explain NIBRS transition
Summary
Chief Brown briefed the council on the department's annual bias-crime report, described three potentially bias-motivated crime reports for 2024 and explained data limits tied to the national transition from UCR to NIBRS.
Laramie Police Chief Christopher Brown presented the department's annual bias-crime and bias-incident report to the City Council on Feb. 25, saying the city ordinance requires the department to provide an annual summary.
"City of Laramie ordinance 9.0802 requires that the police department and the chief of police or his designee provide an annual report in regards to our bias crime collection and also our bias incidents within the city," Brown said.
Brown explained the difference between a bias incident and a bias crime, saying an "incident is something that may not rise to the level of a crime" and that some speech is constitutionally protected. He noted the national changeover from the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) system to the…
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