Anne Arundel County Hate Crimes Prevention Program

The Anne Arundel County Hate Crimes Prevention Program aims to:

• Engage and educate the public and persons at risk of experiencing hate crimes.
• Prepare program partners to fully understand and address hate crimes through leadership and assessment of their organizational cultures.
• Provide services to victims of hate crimes and hate-bias incidents.
• Host Countywide conferences on hate crimes for all law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, and community partners.
• Host Community Hate Bias Forums.
• Host Protecting Places of Worship Trainings
• Develop hate crime informational materials in English, Spanish, and Korean.

• Develop a countywide hate crimes strategy.
• Improve collaboration between law enforcement, prosecution and community-based organizations.
• Build community trust and confidence in public safety agencies to assist in the identification,investigation, and prosecution of hate crimes.
• Build consensus among public safety agencies to improve investigation and prosecution of hate crimes.
• Enhance police department staffing for community outreach.

• Establish state and region-wide coordinated efforts to prevent, identify, investigate, and heal from hate crimes.
• Procure new, state-of-the-art surveillance equipment to enhance investigation and prosecution of hate crimes. Increase the reporting, identification, and charging of hate crimes, through expanding and enhancing strategies.
• Enhance law enforcement capacity to investigate and resolve incidents.