Please forward this completed form to:
Chief Ramon Zertuche
411 SW 24
th
Street
San Antonio, TX 78207
Walter Center G-04
USE REVERSE TO REPORT HATE CRIMES
We are also required to report statistics for bias-related (hate) crimes by the type of bias
as defined below for the following classifications: murder/non-negligent manslaughter,
negligent manslaughter, sex offenses (forcible and non-forcible), robbery, aggravated
assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft, arson, liquor law violations, drug abuse violations
and/or weapons: possessing carrying, etc. (see definitions on the front page) and
larceny-theft, destruction/damage/vandalism of property, intimidation, and simple
assault (see definitions below).
Larceny: The unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property from the
possession or constructive possession of another.
Vandalism: To willfully or maliciously destroy, injure, disfigure, or deface any public or
private property, real or personal, without the consent of the owner or person having
custody or control by cutting, tearing, breaking, marking, painting, drawing, covering
with filth, or any other such means as may be specified by local law.
Intimidation: To unlawfully place another person in reasonable fear of bodily harm
through the use of threatening words and/or other conduct, but without displaying a
weapon or subjecting the victim to actual physical attack.
Simple Assault: An unlawful physical attack by one person upon another where neither
the offender displays a weapon, nor the victim suffers obvious severe or aggravated
bodily injury involving apparent broken bones, loss of teeth, possible internal injury,
severe laceration or loss of consciousness.
If a hate crime occurs where there is an incident involving intimidation, vandalism,
larceny, simple assault or other bodily injury, the law requires that the statistic be
reported as a hate crime even though there is no requirement to report the crime
classification in any other area of the compliance document.
A bias-related (hate) crime is not a separate, distinct crime, but is the commission of a
criminal offense which was motivated by the offender's bias. For example, a subject
assaults a victim, which is a crime. If the facts of the case indicate that the offender was
motivated to commit the offense because of his bias against the victim's race, sexual
orientation, etc... The assault is then also classified as a hate crime.