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City staff reports year‑to‑date hate‑crime and bias‑incident totals; commissioners press for proactive response
Summary
City staff summarized Eugene Police Department and city Office of Equity data showing 26 reported hate crimes year‑to‑date and 34 bias incidents documented by city staff in the first half of the year. Commissioners asked EPD to present proactive prevention efforts at the October meeting.
City staff told the Eugene Human Rights Commission on Wednesday that the Eugene Police Department has received 26 reports of alleged hate crimes so far this year and that city staff documented 34 bias incidents between January and June.
Fabio, a staff member in the Office of Equity and Community Engagement, presented the year‑to‑date figures contained in the commission packet and said the EPD numbers are reported only when someone calls and files a report. "Eugene Police has received 26 reports of hate crimes. There are possibly more, but that's the data that is available from the people who took the steps of calling…
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