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SANTA CLARA COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES: Sec. A20-13. Collection of data regarding prejudice-based crimes.

Copyrighted by SANTA CLARA COUNTY CODE & Municipal Code Corporation, 1998.

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Sec. A20-13. Collection of data regarding prejudice-based crimes.

(a) The Sheriff shall collect and analyze data relating to crimes motivated by prejudice based on race, religion, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, disabilities and national origin and shall provide such data to the County of Santa Clara Human Relations Commission on a monthly basis. This data shall include information concerning:

(1) The area of the County in which the crime occurred.

(2) The characteristics of the perpetrator and the victim (e.g. race, religion, suspected hate group, etc.).

(3) The nature of the crime.

(b) The crimes with respect to which data shall be acquired are as follows: homicide, non-negligent manslaughter, assault, robbery, burglary, theft, motor vehicle theft, arson, rape, battery, vandalism, destruction or damage to property, trespass, threat, intimidation, and other such crimes as the County of Santa Clara Sheriff considers appropriate.

(c) The Sheriff shall develop and implement appropriate procedures for the collection of such data from crime reports involving incidents motivated by prejudice based on race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation or disability.

(d) The Sheriff, or his/her designee, shall report the occurrence of any such prejudice-based crime incidents to the chairperson of the Board of Supervisors and to the Director of the County of Santa Clara Human Relations Commission within three business days after the report of such incident to the Sheriffs Department, or the Sheriffs Department's awareness of any such crime.

(Ord. No. NS-300.354, § 2, 1-16-90; Ord. No. NS-300.487, 9-17-91)

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