Does the Hate Crimes Unit investigate all incidents involving hate speech or hate incidents that are reported?
Yes. And the department encourages anyone who feels they have been the victim of a hate crime, or has information about a hate crime, to come forward and let the department know about it. How many departments on Long Island have a Hate Crimes Unit which is exclusively tasked with investigating hate crimes? The Suffolk County Police Department is the only department that has a unit specifically focusing on the investigation of hate crimes. The unit investigates all hate crimes in the five western towns of Suffolk, and is available to police departments in the five towns East End towns if they request our assistance. What elements are required for a crime to be considered a hate crime under the Hate Crimes Act of 2000? Two elements must be present. The Hate Crime Act requires that an individual or group must have been specifically targeted to harm and it must be related to a crime specifically mentioned in the law, such as assault or criminal mischief. The law does not allow discretion i
