Police & Community – CAHRO – California Association of Human Relations Organizations

CAHRO is a strong advocate for community policing as a vehicle for preventing conflicts between law enforcement agencies and the communities they are charged with serving. If police agencies have a strong positive relationship helping neighborhoods address causes of crimes by providing resources and support we believe they will establish avenues of communication that will prevent major conflicts from escalating.

CA vs. Hate Partner Toolkit 2024 Report Data is Available

By Carmen Chandler| 2025-09-19T16:04:40+00:00 September 19th, 2025|blog, Conflict Resolution, Disability, Education, Employment & Housing, Extremism, Hate Crimes, Immigration, Intergroup Relations, LGBTQ+, Mixed Race Issues, Police & Community, Women's Issues|

California vs Hate is the state’s first-ever multilingual statewide hotline and online portal that provides a safe, anonymous reporting options for victims and witnesses of hate. Run out of the California Civil Rights Department, the hotline is only able to succeed because of the services and trust of our partners across the state. As

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CAHRO Resource Guide for HRCs: Planning and Conducting Focus Group Research

By Carmen Chandler| 2023-10-06T10:09:27+00:00 October 6th, 2023|Education, Intergroup Relations, Police & Community|

Community research

For HRCs, identifying the most important issues and the most effective actions to take can be a critical challenge. Community research can help to ensure that priorities in those areas reflect the greatest needs and the greatest potential contributions to change. Community research refers to systematic inquiry into some dynamic

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California Legislation Bills 2023
By Carmen Chandler| 2023-05-05T10:06:49+00:00 May 5th, 2023|Conflict Resolution, Hate Crimes, Intergroup Relations, LGBTQ+, Police & Community, Uncategorized|
May 2, 2023

Ann Noel, CAHRO Legislative Liaison

Here are the legislative bills that CAHRO is tracking this year.

Note: to track a bill’s progress, utilize the California Legislature’s excellent website, which gives you information of the latest version of any bill, how it amends current

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Responding to Law Enforcement Critical Incidents: A Resource Guide for HRCs
By Carmen Chandler| 2023-05-17T13:44:13+00:00 April 7th, 2023|Conflict Resolution, Hate Crimes, Intergroup Relations, Police & Community|
This guide is written for Commissioners or anyone working with a Human Relations Commission, Human Rights Commission, or any other similar human relations body that has a responsibility in responding to a human relations crisis after a law enforcement critical incident where there have been allegations of excessive use of force, and where

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Responding to Hate: A Resource Guide for HRCs
By Carmen Chandler| 2023-03-03T10:54:30+00:00 March 3rd, 2023|Hate Crimes, Intergroup Relations, Police & Community|
This guide is written for Commissioners or anyone working with a Human Relations Commission, Human Rights Commission, or any other similar human relations body that has a responsibility in responding to hate. As a commission or body representing a city government, you have both a responsibility and a unique opportunity to take specific

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Information about 2022 California Legislation
By Carmen Chandler| 2022-08-24T10:11:48+00:00 August 5th, 2022|Education, Extremism, Hate Crimes, Intergroup Relations, Police & Community|
This legislative session CAHRO tracked seven bills dealing with harassment or hate crimes, summarized below. In mid-August, it’s make or break it time for bills for this legislative session – bills needed to pass out of appropriations by August 12, and now might get last minute amendments before being passed or not passed by the

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LA County Commission on Human Relations releases “Redefining Policing with Our Community” Report
By Carmen Chandler| 2020-07-01T16:02:56+00:00 July 1st, 2020|Conflict Resolution, Police & Community|

The Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations has released “Redefining Policing with Our Community,” an extensive report on policing and human relations in LA County with 34 recommendations for change. It seeks to “build a new normal that prioritizes human dignity and repairs the damage done by discriminatory

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LAPD searches blacks and Latinos more. But they’re less likely to have contraband than whites
By Carmen Chandler| 2019-10-08T09:06:37+00:00 October 8th, 2019|Intergroup Relations, Police & Community|
Los Angeles police officers search blacks and Latinos far more often than whites during traffic stops, even though whites are more likely to be found with illegal items, a Times analysis has found.

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Inside the Secret Border Patrol Facebook Group Where Agents Joke About Migrant Deaths and Post Sexist Memes
By Carmen Chandler| 2019-07-02T08:47:27+00:00 July 2nd, 2019|Immigration, Intergroup Relations, Police & Community|
The three-year-old group, which has roughly 9,500 members, shared derogatory comments about Latina lawmakers who plan to visit a controversial Texas detention facility on Monday, calling them “scum buckets” and “hoes.”…

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To protect and slur: Inside hate groups on Facebook, police officers trade racist memes, conspiracy theories and Islamophobia
By Carmen Chandler| 2019-06-14T10:54:09+00:00 June 14th, 2019|Extremism, Intergroup Relations, Police & Community|
Hundreds of active-duty and retired law enforcement officers from across the United States are members of Confederate, anti-Islam, misogynistic or anti-government militia groups on Facebook, a Reveal investigation has found.

These cops have worked at every level of American law enforcement, from tiny, rural sheriff’s departments to the largest agencies in the country, such as the

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