How to report Hate Crime
Homophobia can be defined as
prejudice or discrimination against lesbians, gay men, bi-sexual
and transgendered people.
"A homophobic incident is any
incident which is perceived to be homophobic by the victim or any
other person. Victims may be lesbian, gay, bi-sexual or
transgendered, or perceived to be or mistaken for any of these"
(ACPOS).
Fife Constabulary take homophobic
incidents seriously and we are working with our partner groups to
eliminate homophobic incidents against lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and
transgendered communities in Fife.
We recognise that many homophobic
incidents go unreported leaving offenders free to commit similar
offences with impunity. Indeed many offenders consider minority
communities an easy target because many incidents are not reported.
Reporting incidents means you can help us to build up patterns of
crime and catch offenders.
Don't suffer in
silence.
What
can I do?
- Contact your local police.
- Contact one of our partner agencies such as Fife Men Project
(01592 265666) or Fife Positive Support (08451 555555 402360)
These agencies represent the LGBT Community and are trained in the
use of third-party reporting forms. Reports can be made to them as
an alternative to approaching the Police directly.