‘Hate is on the rise’: Calgary police
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Calgary Police Service's hate crimes unit said the combined number of hate-motivated incidents and crimes in the city have more than doubled from 2019 to 2022.
Hate incidents and hate-motivated crimes have been on the rise in Calgary in recent years, according to a presentation from the Calgary Police Service hate crimes unit to the Calgary Police Commission.
Identifiable crimes like assault, threats, or property damage that are tied to hate motivation against people with identifiable characteristics like race, age, sexual orientation or religion is deemed a hate-motivated crime during sentencing. Hate incidents are acts that aren’t criminal in nature but are still motivated by bias, prejudice or hate against an identifiable group.
Const. Matt Messenger said hate incidents can have as bad or worse effects on a member of the public than a hate-motivated crime.
The combined number of hate-motivated incidents and crimes have climbed from 2019 to 2022, going from 115 to 246.
The volume of files investigated in the past four years has also jumped, from 160 in 2019 to 371 in 2022.
“The volume of hate incidents, sadly, are increasing exponentially, especially over the last three or four years,” analyst Alexandra Hrk said.
“The volume is rising and sadly that’s not just a Calgary issue, it’s apparently across Canada and actually globally,” Hrk said.
Messenger said while Calgary is unique in having a dedicated hate crimes investigation team, the Criminal Code does not readily enable police to press charges in relation to obviously hate-related matters.
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