§ 38-65. Incident reports.

(a)

Whenever any police officer has identified a victim of an alleged bias crime or city ordinance violation, the police department of the city shall, to the extent known, supply the name, address and telephone number of the victim to the director of the human relations department, acting for the human rights commission, together with other relevant information concerning the victim. Whenever any police officer has identified an incident that does not constitute a crime or city ordinance violation the officer will refer the victim to the human relations department. The director of human relations shall establish a telephone line for citizens to call to report incidents of possible bias incidents that are not crimes or city ordinance violations.

(b)

The purposes of this reporting are to permit the director of human relations, or other designated party appointed by the director, acting for the human rights commission, to:

(1)

Contact the victim for the purpose of offering to help the victim deal with the police department, prosecutors and other interested agencies, and to help secure any other support which may be available to the victim; and

(2)

Determine whether the incident is related to a pattern of discrimination, or if, due to bias-related tensions in the area where the incident occurred, further incidents are likely to occur if remedial action is not taken.

(Ord. No. 130041, § 5, 3-21-13)