Chair Salaam questions OPHC on Interagency Committee on Hate Crimes
Chair Salaam asks how often the Interagency Committee meets and what topics are addressed. Ramjatin reports quarterly meetings with 20+ agencies discussing hate, bias, discrimination trends and coordinated city responses. He notes commissioners and mayoral staff attend meetings.
OPHC oversees the Interagency Committee on Hate Crimes.
Part of this work is advising the mayor and implementing a unified citywide approach to hate crime prevention, awareness, investigations, prosecution, and community impact.
How often does the committee meet?
And what are the primary topics addressed?
So the Interagency Committee on Hate Crimes, which I'm proud to say that our two partner agencies are part of, we meet on a quarterly basis, and we have over 20-plus agencies who are part of that committee.
When we meet together, we talk about hate, bias, discrimination, and where it's happening, but also to collectively as a city, how can we respond to them?
Yeah.
And also, how often is the mayor directly involved in the interagency committee's work?
The mayor and his staff, they often come to different staff members from the agencies, come to our meetings.
Different commissioners come to the meeting.
They share what their offices are doing, but also listen to what work is being done by OPHC as well.