All police authorities (Alle Polizeibehörden).
Start date:
15 August 2015.
End date:
Ongoing (as of May 2021).
National.
Police officers.
No information on outputs is available. However, being obliged to consider the possibility of a bias motive raises awareness of hate crimes among police officers in general.
In cases of violent crime, German police officers are, based on binding guidelines, now duty-bound to investigate and document whether or not there is evidence that a bias motive has prompted an offence.
No information on evaluation and monitoring is available. However, being obliged to consider the possibility of a bias motive raises awareness of hate crimes among police officers in general.
Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community (Bundesministerium des Innern, für Bau und Heimat).
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