Charleston Police. (Photo courtesy Charleston Police Department’s Facebook)
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) | A police department in South Carolina is sponsoring training for officers and prosecutors on hate investigation and prevention.
Charleston Police said the daylong training event Feb. 12 will include how to assure evidence of hate crimes are obtained and saved and how prosecutors and police can work together because steps taken early aid successful hate crime prosecution.
The program will also show how police can develop stronger ties with African American and LGBTQ communities who are the most frequent hate crime targets.
Presenters at Friday’s event include Susan Bro, mother of Heather Heyer, who was struck and killed by a car that sped into demonstrators protesting a racist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017 and by the family of Matthew Shepard, a Wyoming student who authorities said was killed because he was gay in 1998.
The Matthew Shepard Foundation and Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law are partners in Friday’s training,
