December 14, 2000

HARVARD GAZETTE ARCHIVES

Police across state address hate crimes
Roll call at the Harvard University Police Department will be a little different today (Dec. 14). At the beginning of each shift - there are three of them - after the shift supervisors call the roll, they will address the problem of hate crimes, a growing threat to every community in the country. The department is participating in a massive statewide effort being launched to fight these offenses, which are defined as "a criminal act against a person or property in which the perpetrator chooses the victim because of the victim's real or perceived race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, or gender."

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