The Glendale Police Department documents and tracks all Bias/Hate Incidents and Crimes. Victims should report any criminal activity to their local police department. Bias crimes threaten our society, which is built upon the strengths of its diversity. Bias Crimes not only victimize the individual, but also the entire community.

Bias/Hate Incidents are described as any non-criminal act, including words, directed at a person(s), motivated by a bias against a person or group, based on that person’s race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender or disability, including distribution of hate materials in public places and to residential areas.

A Bias/Hate Crime commonly referred to as a Hate Crime is a criminal offense that occurred and the motive for doing that crime is proven to be driven by that manifest evidence of prejudice based on race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender or disability.

To report either a Bias/Hate Incident or a Bias/Hate Crime that occurred in Glendale, please call (623) 930-3000 or use the form below for reporting hate or bias type incidents or report material distributed with the intent to provoke bias or hate crimes, within the city of Glendale. If a criminal act was involved (theft, assault, etc.) please contact the police at (623) 930-3000, to file a criminal report.


Bias/Hate Crimes/Incident Report Form