Code of Massachusetts Regulations
501 CMR - EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Title 501 CMR 4.00 - Hate Crimes
Section 4.07 - Dissemination of Hate Crimes Information
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(1) The Crime Reporting Unit shall collect all hate crimes and hate incident data reported by police departments, law enforcement agencies, advocacy organizations, and civil rights agencies. The Crime Reporting Unit shall forward hate crimes reports to the Attorney General on a regular basis.
(2) The Crime Reporting Unit shall summarize and analyze hate crimes data, and its summaries and analyses of hate crimes data shall be organized on an annual basis into an Annual Report to be distributed in accordance with M.G.L. c. 22C, § 34.
(3) Summaries and analyses of hate crimes data prepared for the Annual Report shall reflect the following information:
(4) Hate incident data shall be summarized, analyzed, and reported in the Annual Reports to afford a basis for comparison with hate crimes data obtained through law enforcement sources. Summaries, analyses, and reports of hate incident data shall reflect the information specified at 501 CMR 4.07(3)(a), (b), (d) through (f), (h) and (i), and in addition, the extent to which hate incidents are reported to the police.